Example sentences of "[vb mod] account for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing which could account for a greater distinctiveness in memory of risky situations would be the idea that risky situations constitute a small number of rather unusual items among a large number of more similar ones . |
| 2 | The Soviet Union used to account for a substantial slice of the factory 's exports . |
| 3 | Two hypotheses are worth mentioning , either of which would account for a significant number of cases . |
| 4 | The way the costs break down is affected by the region as well as the type of school : in rural areas , for instance , transport costs will account for a higher proportion of spending than in metropolitan areas ( CIPFA , 1990 , Tables 1 , 2 and 3 . |
| 5 | The results over two to three years will include those for children who missed out two terms and who were tested before the age of seven — they will account for a large percentage of the results . |
| 6 | Interest earned on the proceeds of last year 's £572m rights issue will account for a sizeable slice . |
| 7 | During the menopause a drop in hormone levels may account for a temporary loss of sexual desire in women , but this need not be more than a passing loss . |
| 8 | Furthermore , although many parasite proteins are expressed in the liver , and we have only examined four for HLA-B53 epitopes , several observations suggest that CTL to ls6 may account for a substantial part of the HLA-B53 protective association . |
| 9 | Jeanette Lamb , a research team member at the Institute of Molecular Medicine , John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford , said : ‘ We have found a cause for mental retardation that may account for a large proportion of the unexplained cases . ’ |
| 10 | Together these findings indicate that mutations of the human P gene may account for a significant fraction of cases of type II OCA , the most frequent form of oculocutaneous albinism worldwide . |
| 11 | The cost of design work may account for a significant proportion of the capital cost of a project . |
| 12 | Even on small contracts , plant costs may account for a significant proportion of total costs . |
| 13 | England 's disappointment may account for a sour note in the Daily Telegraph . |
| 14 | Income from tourism can account for a sizeable proportion of an area 's total income ; it has been estimated that , in Cornwall in the 1960s , this was equal to the income generated by manufacturing in the county ( Cornwall County Council 1966 ) . |