Example sentences of "accounting [prep] only [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British-made goods were hit particularly hard , accounting for only 1,815,670 of the 2,863,302 articles hallmarked — a drop of 14.1 per cent . |
| 2 | The citation only of India , ranked 27th in US overseas markets and with a bilateral trade surplus of $850,000,000 , accounting for only 1 per cent of the US deficit , was seen by most observers as evidence that the administration was anxious not to create ill feeling which might jeopardize the " Uruguay Round " of the multinational trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 3 | Such a move is opposed by the Serbs , who , although accounting for only one third of Bosnia 's population , have laid claim to more than two thirds of the republic 's territory . |
| 4 | In spite of accounting for only 0.2 per cent of a beer 's cost , this is naturally felt to be wasteful and undesirable . |
| 5 | Photo-Me 's identity card venture is still at an embryonic stage , accounting for only 2 ½%; of turnover . |