Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] account for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Control of this kind may account for the observed differences between transcript concentrations of complex I and complex III genes . |
| 2 | Such factors as incentives , motivation , perseverance , and the like may account for some of the proportion allocated to education ; and these factors may be partly the effects of education and partly its causes . |
| 3 | England 's disappointment may account for a sour note in the Daily Telegraph . |
| 4 | Perhaps an attitude of mind may account for his amazing abilities . |
| 5 | Its stimulant effect may account for its reputation as an aphrodisiac , its generic name being thought to come from satyr , S. hortensis ( summer savory ) is the annual ; S. montana ( winter savory ) a perennial shrub , whose leaves have a stronger , but less pleasant flavour . |
| 6 | It does seem a pity that no one has bothered to look at the actual behaviour of the children in question in relation to such practices as might lead them to encounter greater dangers of lead pollution ; the almost entire absence of psychologists among the medical and other experts engaged in this research may account for their overlooking a very obvious alternative hypothesis . |
| 7 | It is logical to ask whether attenuation of soft X-rays in such a wind might account for the dividing line . |
| 8 | It is difficult to imagine how the variable work of only one mosaicist could account for such differences : an explanation which merely supposes one mosaicist applying a number of contrasting methods of laying ( Part 1 , sections 3.8 — 3.10 ) must be suspect . |
| 9 | The gale would account for it . |
| 10 | The Bar Council 's equal opportunities programme will account for some 10% of total expenditure this year . |
| 11 | Absenteeism will account for some gaps , and temporary vacancies for inability to state a clerk 's name . |
| 12 | But researchers have re-assessed data from both urban and rural sites around the world and concluded that the heat island effect can account for no more than 10 per cent of the measured temperature rise . |
| 13 | I date say a cheap day return from British Rail might account for a lot of it , but the rest is speculation . |
| 14 | The cost of design work may account for a significant proportion of the capital cost of a project . |
| 15 | This structural and molecular homology may account for many of the functional similarities that exist between IP 3 Rs and RYRs . |
| 16 | Lotus Development Corp president Jim Manzi says that the company 's flagship 1-2-3 spreadsheet may account for less than 50% of total revenues this quarter , for the first time in the company 's history — it accounted for 74% in 1991 ; he also says that lower marketing and development costs should allow the company to deliver an operating margin of 15% to 18% next year . |
| 17 | This hypergastrinaemia may account for the increased acid secretion seen in some duodenal ulcer patients and may be one mechanism whereby H pylori contributes to the ulcer diathesis . |
| 18 | Care must be taken in interpreting Fig. 3 b because the CTD stations at the eastern end were not worked in the same location ( Fig. 1 ) , and some effect from the different topography might account for the eddy-like structure seen between 15–28°W . |
| 19 | The work would account for his obvious strength . |
| 20 | If Mercury consists of a largely iron core and a largely silicate mantle , then the core would account for about 80% of the mass and about 40% of the volume , which would make Mercury richer in iron than any other planet . |
| 21 | Interest earned on the proceeds of last year 's £572m rights issue will account for a sizeable slice . |
| 22 | Where the publications are a supply for acquisition , the recipient subscriber will account for VAT in its member state although such publications are zero-rated in the UK , in other member states they are taxed at a reduced rate , and in Denmark they are taxed at 25% ! |
| 23 | Thus , the no-boundary proposal can account for all the complicated structure that we see around us . |
| 24 | War , disease or climatic change could account for such a throwback . |
| 25 | This difference may account for the fact that although there is now a great deal of empirical evidence linking monetary or aggregate demand shocks to real output fluctuations — evidence which we shall discuss in later chapters — the evidence that unexpected price changes affect output is much weaker ( see , for example , Fair , 1979 ) |
| 26 | For example , while heating of the lithosphere may account for uplift , subsidence may result from lithospheric cooling . |
| 27 | Now we can examine how a cash basis might account for the minibus , more specifically how a government 's cash basis might . |
| 28 | Extended over vast periods of time , the same process could account for the production of all the various species of animals and plants . |
| 29 | If that rate of increase continues it is estimated that methyl bromide could account for one-sixth of ozone loss by 2000 . |
| 30 | Debt servicing would account for 39 per cent of government expenditure . |