Example sentences of "[vb -s] account for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The idea is that every person has another person ( or sometimes a group or committee ) to whom he or she has to account for the proper discharge of responsibilities .
2 As Figure 17.6 shows , wholesale funding has accounted for a growing share of the building societies ' total funding .
3 Within that static total , wine has accounted for an increasing share of total alcohol consumption and the amount of alcohol consumed in the form of spirits has fallen by 30% .
4 Procedures can only be used effectively and efficiently in the context of a team structure which has accounted for the systematic management of top priorities and emergencies .
5 The close integration of Herbarium , Garden and Library is one of the great strengths of the Royal Botanic Garden and helps to account for the high quality of its scientific , educational , and horticultural activities .
6 Numerous purges in the regions were designed to root out less than committed fascists , which helps to account for the high turnover of membership in the 1930s ; A.K. Chesterton in particular was notorious for the war he waged against literal social fascists , being responsible for expelling over 300 members in Stoke in 1935 who used the local headquarters as a drinking club .
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