Example sentences of "[not/n't] account for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this first category we consider three main criticisms : ( a ) that the model developed in chapter 4 can not account for a major feature of all economies ; ( b ) that the model relies for all its results on very simple specifications of the aggregate supply and demand curves ; and ( c ) that even if one accepts the model as it stands governments might effectively stabilize the economy if they possess better information about the economy than the private sector , or indeed if different parts of the private sector possess different information . |
| 2 | However , this explanation does not account for the second peak . |
| 3 | The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes . |
| 4 | Culture conflict between the British and Sri Lankans over the boundaries of crime , concepts of status and appropriate punishments was real , but it did not account for the general approach to the courts discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 5 | However , Willie was certain that this could not account for the strange noise , so he continued , only to find the noise started again even louder . |
| 6 | Environmental health experts say that increased reporting can not account for the total increase . |
| 7 | Moreover , his proposal can not account for the close relationship between pairs of sentences such as : |
| 8 | Some of Althusser 's critics have pointed out that this monolithic conception of the role of ideology can not account for the vast variety of ‘ ideological universes ’ found in modern capitalist states , some conformist and others overtly subversive . |
| 9 | Because the revenue account is determined by matters of finance , it does not account for the annual cost of running the authority . |
| 10 | This supposition is , I believe , based on an impoverished concept of the nature of grammar , one which does not account for the complementary functioning of lexis and syntax as an essential resource for the negotiation of meaning in context . |
| 11 | But this alone does not account for the remarkable frequency of the in the extract ( fifty-one instances , ( 42 ) , because even on their first mention , features of the scene are generally introduced by the . |
| 12 | This takes us back to explanations similar to those suggested for the variation in group size early in these studies ( Crook and Gartlan 1966 ) but these do not account for the massive gregariousness of the species under optimum conditions when a more even dispersion of the population would reduce the costs of foraging . |
| 13 | He knew about Lamarck 's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics , but dismissed this as a secondary process that could not account for the whole range of adaptations ( he must also have been aware of the strong opposition to Lamarckism from Owen and the conservative forces in science ) . |
| 14 | Second , steady loss , albeit at differing rates from the two populations , did not account for the observed pattern . |
| 15 | It also does n't account for the shattering effect of the great climaxes , nor the invigorating range and quickness of Birtwistle 's motivic thought . |