Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] account for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the decline in the growth rate of public service employment since the late 1970s , the public service sector still accounts for a significant proportion of total employment in the service industries . |
| 2 | On this basis , the nuclear programmes still accounted for the vast bulk of the capital and turnover and such profits as there were . |
| 3 | The decline in the number of farm workers partly accounts for the peculiar age structure of the industry . |
| 4 | Although the fossil record is much poorer , coevolution with the terrestrial angiosperms probably accounts for a major component of the radiation of insects and birds . |
| 5 | We have made real progress in developing our non-oil related businesses where sales now account for a good proportion of the Group 's turnover |
| 6 | Not only that , he would know well in advance the order of the programme , and consequently would have altered his training dramatically to account for the extra distance . |
| 7 | In the present generations of younger women , very few never marry so this particular source of family care has almost dried up , although there is evidence that never-married women still account for a disproportionate number of unpaid carers ( Finch and Groves , 1980 ; Lewis and Meredith , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | His prophecy had proved to be correct , for the trade he brought her way currently accounted for a good thirty per cent of her income . |
| 9 | The combination of fire and family probably account for the striking personalities of Ella Burrows and her daughter . |
| 10 | Macrophage death probably accounts for the cellular debris and cholesterol pools found in advanced lesions . |
| 11 | Publisher 's themed series now account for a significant part of the market , but are too many thought up by designers and marketing departments rather than horticulturalists ? |