Example sentences of "[was/were] account for [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these obligations were accounted for in the first recorded reference to the properties in the Company 's books on 19th April 1496 together with the £10 for John Randall the school 's first known Master , and the £4 6 8d to John Bockley , the priest at Longdendale . |
| 2 | The whole of the accumulation , he said , was accounted for to the fraction of one farthing . |
| 3 | The minor drop in sales was accounted for by the Guardian joint disaster recovery venture with ICL ( CI No 1,664 ) but is not considered serious . |
| 4 | At the same time there was an increase in the proportion of the populations of most union republics that was accounted for by the titular nationality , an increase that was again most marked in Central Asia with its higher birthrates . |
| 5 | The majority of this expenditure was accounted for by the Department of Trade and Industry 's regional policy measures , which have concentrated aid on supporting investment in traditional , capital-intensive manufacturing industry . |
| 6 | Figures for the first quarter of 1991 showed a 7 per cent increase in gross domestic product ( GDP ) as compared with the same period in 1990 ; 42 per cent of this increase was accounted for by the manufacturing sector . |
| 7 | Nearly 90 per cent of the overall increase in the labour force of 3.1 million between 1971 and 1990 was accounted for by the increased participation of women . |
| 8 | A reduction of 7 per cent in total emissions last year was accounted for by the drop in industrial production , rather than stricter pollution controls , the report said . |