Example sentences of "[adv] account for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Fitzgerald and Sim ‘ there is not one crisis , rather a whole series , which taken together account for the parlous state of the prisons ’ ( 1992 : 5 ) . |
| 2 | This rapid production of InsP 3 is fast enough to account for the odorant-induced generator potentials which appear after a latency of 100–200ms . |
| 3 | In other regions , e.g. Dorset or North Yorks. , a period of c. 20-30 years usually appears long enough to account for the major part of a feature 's development , ( this is possibly the working life of an individual craftsman ) . |
| 4 | These stars are both luminous enough and hot enough to account for the total luminosity within 5pc of the nucleus , estimated to be 0.5–2.0x10 7 , L and ; ( refs 67 , 68 ) . |
| 5 | The Tunguska explosion may have lofted enough material high enough to account for the European ‘ light nights ’ . |
| 6 | Sieving of this order of simplicity is not , on its own , enough to account for the massive amounts of nonrandom order that we see in living things . |
| 7 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 8 | The compartment gave only an oblique view of the altar , which perhaps accounted for the distinct murmur of conversation behind the grille . |
| 9 | As Brailsford had noted some years earlier : ‘ The decline of our trade with Germany , Russia and Austria would alone account for the whole volume of our present unemployment . ’ |
| 10 | Then there is the maddening fact that , of the five great investigative Ws ( who ? what ? where ? when ? and why ? ) , we can still only account for the first four in the matter of the Watergate break-in . |
| 11 | As the water gets warmer , it is visualized that the structure becomes more random , thus accounting for the increased fluidity of the water at higher temperatures . |
| 12 | Children were then allocated at random to the two remaining groups of adenoidectomy or no surgery in addition to unilateral insertion of ventilation tubes until June 1986 , thus accounting for the reduced numbers at follow up in the later years . |
| 13 | Although 30 seconds , traditionally the most popular format , still accounts for the largest single share of commercial airtime , 20-second commercials are increasingly popular , and there has been a general tendency over the years for the average commercial to get shorter . |
| 14 | The extent and quality of briefing possibly accounts for the overwhelming view of the assistants that their duties were ones which they had expected to be doing when appointed . |
| 15 | On this basis , the nuclear programmes still accounted for the vast bulk of the capital and turnover and such profits as there were . |
| 16 | Science and technology still accounted for the largest group of students , though recruitment for technology was encountering difficulties in Britain generally . |
| 17 | We conclude that acute cigarette smoking causes a significant fall in gastric secretion ( Vg ) , and suggest that this results in raised gastrin values that have a tropic effect on the parietal cell , thereby accounting for the raised secretory capacity of chronic smokers . |
| 18 | Although some of this variation may be attributed to inherent reliability problems in the computation method or original poor data quality , other geological factors probably account for the greater part of the observed variation . |
| 19 | The combination of fire and family probably account for the striking personalities of Ella Burrows and her daughter . |
| 20 | The constraints imposed on the market area by travel , therefore , probably account for the limited range of goods and services being provided at many sites , while more specialized facilities and luxury items were only available in the larger population centres where demand was greater . |
| 21 | The superb quality of the ormolu by Pierre Gouthière was undoubtedly part of the vases ' attraction , also accounting for the healthy £72,000 ( $131,400 ; est. £25,000–35,000 ) paid for a pair of Louis XVI candlesticks attributed to this master ( lot 72 ) . |
| 22 | The replies suggested that the choice of consultant and search firm was initially quite random , which partly accounts for the unsatisfactory performance occasionally experienced . |
| 23 | The decline in the number of farm workers partly accounts for the peculiar age structure of the industry . |
| 24 | The notion of " betrayal " took hold on militants in the labour movement and partly accounts for the bitter resentment between the Left and most union officials during the 1930s . |
| 25 | Macrophage death probably accounts for the cellular debris and cholesterol pools found in advanced lesions . |
| 26 | However this also accounts for the small size of the profession — there are at least 2000 qualified actuaries in the United Kingdom — and it 's relatively high status . |
| 27 | It also accounts for the extraordinary ability of shoppers to select from a huge array those goods most appropriate to themselves and their close friends or relatives . |
| 28 | Figure 4.1(c) shows Tycho Brahe 's model , and you can see that this also accounts for the observed phases of Venus . |
| 29 | Incomplete recording may partly account for the low rates of sickness absence among those in the highest grades , but it is unlikely to explain the large differences between other grades . |
| 30 | It seems that the catalogue 's limited subject access could well have reinforced the user 's apparent preference for known-item searching and consequently may also partly account for the apparent increase in known-item searching as the user 's educational level rises . |