Example sentences of "[adv] account for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 2 | We know , therefore , that the frequency of landslides is quite enough to account for a major part of the wearing down of new mountain chains . |
| 3 | At the same time it should be remembered that over the centuries , exiles and deportees have only accounted for a tiny fraction of the total population of Siberia , the vast majority of which was there as a result of voluntary emigration , fortune seeking or the process of natural procreation . |
| 4 | During the course of the day the Bank 's objective will be to provide enough assistance to the money market ( through outright bill operations and the other techniques discussed below ) to relieve the overall expected shortage , but purchases of bills by the Bank at the early rounds of assistance during the course of the day might only account for a small proportion of the overall assistance provided , for four main reasons . |
| 5 | Scottish & Newcastle ( McEwans and Youngers beers , Newcastle Brown ) have a relatively low holding of tied public houses ( which are mainly in Scotland and the North East ) , but still account for a significant proportion of total beer sales , partly through sales to free houses and partly through the strong position of their brands in the off-licence trade . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is beyond dispute that they also account for a large number of tiny rabbits that are born in breeding chambers within burrow systems . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 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 ? |
| 12 | It is unlikely that a single explanation can fully account for a human activity that has been defined in such varied ways . |
| 13 | Table 6.4 shows that there appears to be a turning point around 1960 : before then manufacturing employment , and the broader ‘ industrial ’ employment , had been growing faster than overall employment , whereas over the period 1960–64 ( which , taken as a whole , shows a rapid growth of overall employment ) the manufacturing and industrial sectors showed only a marginal growth of employment , therefore accounting for a declining share of the total . |