Example sentences of "[adv] account for [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The excess of non-variceal bleeds among patients receiving surgery is almost entirely accounted for by a single patient who experienced numerous bleeds for oesophagitis ( unrelated to the surgical procedure ) . |
| 2 | Perhaps , it was surmised , another star had a near-miss with the sun , and supplied additional energy not accounted for in the angular momentum theory . |
| 3 | However , this study demonstrated that the increased prevalence of macrovascular complications was not accounted for by the increased frequency of cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension . |
| 4 | This lower use of hospital inpatient facilities was not accounted for by the older age of the people in residential homes although fewer of all those aged 85 or more had spent time in hospital — 64 per cent against 80 per cent of those under 85 . |
| 5 | It is paralleled but surely not accounted for by the Greek practice of naked athletics ; but , whatever its origin , from now on it is a basic convention of art in Greece that males ( not females ) may be shown naked in any context . |
| 6 | was largely accounted for in the lower ranks . |
| 7 | In the first fifteen years of the nineteenth century re-exporting still accounted for between a fifth and a quarter of total exports . |
| 8 | This trend is partly accounted for by the steady increase in cohabitation . |
| 9 | The inconsistency of the results is partly accounted for by the different methods used for adjusting for other variables , such as disparities in size and monopoly power between control types , but clearly these studies do not bring a definitive answer much closer . |
| 10 | The richness of the Malesian flora , for example , may be partly accounted for by the Laurasian elements in the lowland rain forest and the Gondwana elements in the heath forest and in montane communities . |
| 11 | A large proportion of this increase was also accounted for by the new offence of failing to send children to school , which in 1920 accounted for nearly one-quarter of all criminal cases . |
| 12 | It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities . |
| 13 | Diary entries can be coded in a wide number of ways allowing activities to be carefully tracked and even accounted for through the built-in billing system . |
| 14 | The bulk , the Scaevolan cases , seem to be most readily accounted for by the textual transmission of his works . |