Example sentences of "accounted for [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More hostility exists than can be accounted for on political and economic theories of the Marxist type . |
| 2 | No share premium has been accounted for on this issue . |
| 3 | These risk factors accounted for about one third of the grade differences in sickness absence . |
| 4 | Twenty or so low castes accounted for between one-fifth and one-quarter of the Sinhalese population ( Appendix C ) . |
| 5 | Between 1966 and 1981 the number of conversions more than doubled in Greater London and , according to the Nationwide Building Society , conversions accounted for between 30 and 60 percent of all mortgages granted in central and inner London in 1984/85 . |
| 6 | It can be seen that female unemployment accounted for between 25 and 32 per cent of total recorded unemployment during the period , though it was growing at a somewhat faster rate than male unemployment . |
| 7 | Though the Sinhalese accounted for over two-thirds of Sri Lanka 's inhabitants , they made up less than one-third of the force . |
| 8 | It can be seen from Table 2 in Chapter 17 that consumption spending accounted for over two-thirds of total expenditure in the United Kingdom in 1987 and consequently is a very important component of aggregate demand . |
| 9 | The folding of a protein is a highly cooperative process ; in the case of R2 the energy cost of the clustering of carboxyl side chains in the interior of the protein must have been accounted for by other means . |
| 10 | Is he saying that it has balances that are not accounted for by other services ? |
| 11 | Changes in output which can not be accounted for by changes in the input of capital and labour are assumed to be accounted for by autonomous shocks in technology . |
| 12 | All of the post-war increase in employment is accounted for by part-time jobs . |
| 13 | Although a parallel shift in average maturities means that part of the fall is not accounted for by increased competition , comparison of years with similar average maturities does show a decline in gross fees . |
| 14 | our ILEA studies suggest that only about half the difference between reading scores of children from West Indian homes and their white counterparts may be accounted for by socio-economic factors . |
| 15 | Both predominantly rural regions , the population density in the Auvergne is only 51/km² ; compared with Wales having 133/km² ; , the much higher figures for Wales being partly accounted for by industrial conurbations in south Wales . |
| 16 | Some mistakes were due to genuine misunderstanding or fatigue ; others I am afraid can only be accounted for by criminal stupidity or irresponsibility . |
| 17 | The widening of the basis during the crash , over and above that accounted for by stale prices , is attributed to restrictions and delays in the trading of shares . |
| 18 | For example , 80 per cent of employment growth in the small-firm sector in Cornwall in the 1960s and 1970s was accounted for by exogenous firms ( Perry 1982 ) . |
| 19 | Impaired β cell function in non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects was not accounted for by low birth weight , and genetic or environmental factors are likely to be necessary for development of diabetes . |
| 20 | Over the past decade in Britain with increasing polarization we have indeed seen membership declining , but the rising real wage that has been observed may be accounted for by higher productivity . |
| 21 | In column 2 of Table 9.1 , the share of UK GDP accounted for by each region is recorded for 1988 . |
| 22 | Column 1 in the same table considers the share of UK population accounted for by each region for the same year . |
| 23 | The share of UK GDP accounted for by each region ; |
| 24 | The percentage of sales accounted for by each of these market segments is given below : At the 1986 level of demand the company was operating at full capacity , but today it has an excess of manufacturing capacity . |
| 25 | Much of this mobility was accounted for by adolescent farm servants who regularly changed jobs every year ; they moved from farm to farm regardless of parish boundaries but rarely went very far . |
| 26 | The nearest competitor is Argus with just six per cent , with the remaining 60 per cent-plus accounted for by small , independent retailers . |
| 27 | Five indicators were utilised to identify the vulnerable sectors — the level of non-tariff barriers ; the spread of real productivity and pre-tax prices across the Community ; the proportion of member states ' demand met by Community imports ; and the proportion of a sector 's turnover accounted for by small businesses . |
| 28 | To begin with occupational segregation : in 1851 , over 90 per cent of all women registered as active in the labour force in Scotland were accounted for by four categories of employment : agriculture , domestic service , textiles and clothing . |
| 29 | Consumer services , including most branches of retailing , did not expand , although this was accounted for by technological and organizational changes ( for example , the growth of supermarkets ) rather than by decline in demand . |
| 30 | Doyle and Nixon had found that the toxicological activity of the mussel extracts in the rat bioassay was greater than could be accounted for by okadaic acid alone . |