Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] account for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The diversity of crime accounts for the unconvincing nature of attempts to explain it by all-encompassing theories . |
| 2 | The private sector has , in fact , been struggling with the intricacies of inflation accounting for the last 25 years and have , by and large , abandoned the idea as being too difficult . |
| 3 | Pre-eruption vesiculation has been inferred previously using microgravity at andesitic stratocones ( Poas and Pacaya ) where only 1–2% change in the degree of vesiculation accounts for the observed changes ( of 100μGal ) . |
| 4 | Maestro has 11% , IEF and Oracle CASE 9% , Foundation and Compagnie Generale d'Informatique SA 's PacBase 8% , Verilog Inc 's Age 6% , Cadre Technolgies Inc 's Teamwork 5% , Bachman Information Systems Inc 's Bachman Designer , Intersolv Inc 's Excelerator and LBMS Inc 's Systems Engineer 3% , with others accounting for the remaining 22% . |
| 5 | Equally depression of prostaglandin synthesis , by diminishing pain perception , could at least in part account for the high proportion of NSAID associated ulcers that are silent . |
| 6 | It is less immediately evident that such an understanding should be necessary in order to account for the formal properties of code switching , although I would argue strongly that it is , inasmuch as the extent to which switching may take place is in part a function of the extent to which the codes involved have " fused " within a community , i.e. how interchangeable they are for the different purposes of everyday interaction . |
| 7 | In the second place , some choice theorists , working within the traditions of the common law , feel compelled to acknowledge the existence of a limitation upon the enforcement of promises and agreements in order to account for the common law 's doctrine of consideration . |
| 8 | Each binding step could cause a partial opening of the channel in order to account for the different conducting states observed in patch recordings of purified IP 3 Rs ( ref. 49 ) . |