Example sentences of "now account for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In modern Britain , a mere six publishers now account for 80 per cent of all daily , Sunday , and local newspaper sales ( Coxall and Robins , 1989 , p. 312 ) . |
2 | Broadleaves now account for 46 per cent of all new plantings in the UK . |
3 | It is noticeable , however , that whereas the G-5 countries now account for 75 per cent of the world 's FDI flow , their position as the five major exporters is a much less concentrated 45 per cent . |
4 | He said that imports through European Community countries now account for half of cocaine seizures , and ‘ the practical reality is we can not afford to have open frontiers with countries like the Netherlands , because the consequence is that drugs in increasing numbers come into our countries . ’ |
5 | Thirteen of the Pacific nations — the US , Canada , Japan , Australia , New Zealand , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Singapore , Indonesia , Thailand , Brunei and the Philippines — now account for half of the world 's growth . |
6 | They now account for forty per cent of sales . |
7 | They now account for another quarter . |
8 | The aim is to reduce the ranks of the young unemployed who now account for more than half the nation 's two million jobless and to give them an added skill which will help them find work when the training is over . |
9 | Employment problems now account for more claims than any other factor , according to LPG , who in one recent case picked up a £13,000 legal costs bill for an accountant dismissed by Lambeth Council . |
10 | With little promotional support , cask ale sales are rising and now account for 20 per cent of the total beer market . |
11 | They were both introduced in 1979 and now account for 30 per cent of sales in the US of Z80-type microprocessors . |