Example sentences of "might account for [art] " in BNC.

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1 I date say a cheap day return from British Rail might account for a lot of it , but the rest is speculation .
2 If he had been in some sort of trance , ( lasting who knew how long ? ) that might account for the sudden appearance of Jos .
3 It might account for the recapture of Aberdeen South and Kincardine and Deeside , for Michael Forsyth 's survival in Stirling , and for the remarkable defence by Phil Gallie , a new candidate , of George Younger 's 182 majority in Ayr .
4 If the molecules were some part of the chromosomes , this might account for the many nuclear changes which had been observed .
5 Some toxins have been identified , and one makes the blood vessels more leaky , which might account for the production of urticaria .
6 The theories that have guided these insights into the mechanisms of psychotic and creative thought do not , of course , specify what it is about the brain that might account for the differences observed in schizophrenic and schizotypal individuals .
7 It is logical to ask whether attenuation of soft X-rays in such a wind might account for the dividing line .
8 Care must be taken in interpreting Fig. 3 b because the CTD stations at the eastern end were not worked in the same location ( Fig. 1 ) , and some effect from the different topography might account for the eddy-like structure seen between 15–28°W .
9 Finally , ethanol is a potent inhibitor of the IP 3 R , which might account for the ataxia associated with ethanol intoxication .
10 Many new circumstances might account for the new relationship — the movement of married women into the work-force , unprecedented economic security , the decline of religious feeling .
11 Maybe they even try to swim against it which might account for the length of time that passes before they reach European waters .
12 Now we can examine how a cash basis might account for the minibus , more specifically how a government 's cash basis might .
13 Poor typing skills might account for the jumping capitals but the shift of the machine could be at fault .
14 Using existing data sets , it will make initial estimates of the scale of any effect which low incomes might have on the health if the elderly in Britain , and go on to assess the likely role of some intervening variables which might account for the close correlation between income distribution and longevity in developed countries .
15 We saw earlier that such a relationship of passive dependency on a parental power perceived as essentially paternal might account for the undoubted paranoid elements which emerge along with the megalomania of the divine monarchs — itself the paranoid equivalent of depressive mania .
16 Although it may not be possible to achieve therapeutic effects in the colon with this formulation , small bowel luminal concentrationmay be higher , and might account for the reports of possible benefit in small numbers of patients with coeliac and Crohn 's disease .
17 The effect on prostaglandin production might account for the increase in dyspepsia associated with NSAIDs in patients colonised with Helicobacter pylori and could also protect the mucosa from superficial injury induced by NSAIDs .
18 A similar metabolic defect in the ileum might account for the occurrence of ‘ pouchitis ’ in UC patients after colectomy .
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