Example sentences of "accounted for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the cases of both Chesterton and Williamson it was the combination of the lingering after-effects of the war and the transposition of supposed aesthetic values to the political sphere , together with personal traumas of varying intensity , which accounted for the turn to fascism . |
| 2 | Atrophic gastritis and superficial gastritis were more often seen in the alcoholic patients , which accounted for the hypochlorhydria seen in a group of these patients . |
| 3 | As has been pointed out , several important nazi ideas come directly from English sources , and it was the use of such indigenous ideas rather than the copying of a successful foreign movement which accounted for the ideology of English racial nationalism . |
| 4 | This accounted for the distrust felt for Great Britain in more autocratic states . |
| 5 | Wainfleet had not avoided the slur that Wickham was giving more attention to his private life than his professional and this accounted for the lack of progress in apprehending MacQuillan 's killer . |
| 6 | When Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister , in 1937 , he had as the Foreign Secretary , Anthony Eden , a very able minister of considerable repute , which fact probably accounted for the fact that he remained as Foreign Secretary despite the clear differences of opinion that became apparent between them . |
| 7 | And that of course also accounted for the fact that there was no book in Webbs ' window . |
| 8 | So this fact ( that they were not being totally myopic ) accounted for the fact that , despite their poor ability to get the myopically optimal production level right ( which is what many of them said that they were trying to do ) , they almost did as well ( in terms of realized profit ) as the myopic strategy . |
| 9 | Somebody was muttering about a bomb scare at Marks & spencers , which accounted for the influx . |
| 10 | Now that MIPS Technologies Inc is in its back pocket , Silicon Graphics Inc has gone ahead and acted on its promise to service MIPS ' OEM business which accounted for the bulk of its revenues . |
| 11 | In the reign of Henry III they accounted for the agistment dues at the Exchequer , but made substantial payments into the Wardrobe from time to time , and paid out sums locally for such purposes as the maintenance of a neighbouring royal castle , building operations , the enclosure of a royal park , and the expenses incurred by the Forest officers in taking venison for the king . |
| 12 | Analyses of voting patterns revealed that it was primarily the racist demagoguery against foreign nationals living in West Germany that accounted for the party 's victories . |