Example sentences of "[vb -s] for [adv] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friendship , I fear , counts for very little when the fur really begins to fly . |
| 2 | Each partnership authority has a different spending pattern , but overall expenditure on social projects such as recreation and personal social services accounts for rather more than two-fifths of the total ; that on economic projects , such as site works , accounts for about a third ; and that on environmental projects , such as restoration of derelict land and housing , for a quarter . |
| 3 | In these pulsars , γ -ray emission accounts for as much as 1% of the total neutron star spin-down energy , much more than emerges at optical or radio frequencies , so study of this emission is important in understanding pulsar emission and evolution . |
| 4 | Many estimate that countertrade accounts for as much as 10 per cent of Brazil 's exports of both raw materials and manufactured goods . |
| 5 | What this means is well illustrated by the fact that the Company accounts for as much as two per cent of UK power consumption . |
| 6 | For example , gas from the older UK fields sells for as little as 6p a therm while some European gas is priced at over 30p a therm . |
| 7 | EC beef exported to west Africa sells for as little as a quarter of the price shoppers in Britain must pay . |