Example sentences of "only account for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report points out that the sector is highly diversified : worldwide , the 10 largest companies only account for one third of production , while in Europe a large number of small and medium sized firms operate alongside 15 or so multinationals . |
| 2 | The amount of funds channelled towards buy-out/buy-ins has risen to 61 per cent of the total in 1989 , whereas that for start ups has fallen to only 6 per cent ( start-ups and other early stage only account for 15 per cent of total funds invested ) . |
| 3 | Although debt enquiries still only account for 6 — 7 per cent of total enquiries , the severity of the problems means that each case can take over 12 hours of interviewing and office work to handle . |
| 4 | As can be seen by figure 1 , the number of households headed by women in Latin America and the Caribbean , accounts for 25 per cent of the region 's households , and in Africa 17 per cent , whilst those of the developed regions only account for 20 per cent . |
| 5 | Second , we are sceptical about trade figures in general and , third , these figures only account for less than half Britain 's trade . ’ |