Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [not/n't] account for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes . |
| 2 | Clayey deposits are not found below unit I ( refs 6 , 15 ) implying that climatic change alone can not account for these sediments . |
| 3 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 4 | Yet this alone can not account for the negative results , for the weight of evidence is such that the general conclusion can hardly be challenged . |
| 5 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |