Example sentences of "[noun pl] account [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors , they can force concessions from their senior partners . |
| 2 | British equities account for more than half of the assets of British funds ; foreign equities are a further 20% . |
| 3 | By 1973 , the overseas offices accounted for more than half of the fee income , but the firm found itself poorly represented in the USA with only two of its nine branches established there . |
| 4 | Some 121 countries may be designated ‘ developing ’ and of this 121 , 17 countries account for more than four-fifths of energy consumption . |
| 5 | Suppose we get 204 , giving herd B ; the second of the systematic sample will be 204 + 293 = 497 which gives herd F. By this means we always obtain two different primaries unless one of the primaries accounts for more than half the secondaries , in which case that primary has to appear at least once . |
| 6 | Thus quantified , the environmental cost of oil comes to 5.56p per kilowatt-hour ( kWh ) , with corrosion and damage to buildings accounting for more than half the total and damage to crops from pollution for just under a fifth ; " old " coal burned in conventional power stations without emission controls has a cost of 5.00p/kWh ; " new " coal 1.18p/kWh ; combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations 0.45p/kWh ; nuclear pressurized-water reactors ( PWR ) between 0.32p and 0.37p/kWh ( not including effects on plants and animals ) ; and solar , wind and hydroelectric power between 0.04 and 0.07p/kWh ( not including visual impact or disruption caused by construction of dams , etc ) . |
| 7 | In a report on biodiversity , entitled Bringing Rio Home : Biodiversity in our Food and Farming , SAFE shows that in 1992 three varieties accounted for more than half of all the seed sown of winter wheat , spring wheat , barley , oats , rye , sugar beet and rapeseed ; the highest proportions were for spring wheat ( 86 per cent ) and oats ( 77 per cent ) . |
| 8 | Publishing costs accounted for more than Sh.3,000,000/ — per annum , whereas revenue amounted to only just over Sh.1,000,000/ — . |
| 9 | And house burglaries and car thefts account for more than half all crimes reported . |
| 10 | In a book published last year by the Royal Institute of International Affairs , ‘ Global Companies and Public Policy ’ , DeAnne Julius estimated that trade between firms and their overseas affiliates accounts for more than half of all trade between OECD countries . |
| 11 | The water issues accounted for more than half the business on the heaviest days trading since January . |