Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] account for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may account for the relatively high level of interest being expressed in the issue . |
| 2 | This may account for the ‘ pushing out ’ of the undersized fry . |
| 3 | Mention is also made of a small attached building heated by a hypocaust at the south-west corner , suggested as a possible priest 's house , and this may account for the so-called ‘ hypocaust ’ tiles found on the site , presumably box-flues . |
| 4 | Nowhere north of the Tagus was there a class like the landless rural proletariat of Andalusia and Estremadura , and this may account for the relative political stability of Castile : only one nineteenth-century revolt started in the classic wheat lands . |
| 5 | A visit to France , the details of which remain unclear , also led to the accusation that he had associated with the supporters of Mary Queen of Scots [ q.v. ] there : this may account for the apparent loss of royal favour by the mid-1570s . |
| 6 | This may account for the regular citation in the Commissioner 's Annual Reports of several applications ‘ not pursued ’ by the applicants . |
| 7 | This may account for the fact that while recall is almost uniformly greater for schema-consistent information , recognition results have been markedly more mixed ( Brewer & Nakamura , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | This may account for the fact that thesis citations in systematic botany accounted for only 5% of the total citations in a recent study ( Delendick ) . |
| 9 | If the molecules were some part of the chromosomes , this might account for the many nuclear changes which had been observed . |
| 10 | This could account for the frequency with which food colourings have been identified as the source of adverse reactions . |
| 11 | I talked to members of Wingates Band , who said that there is no set plan — this could account for the apparent chaos — but the idea is to take part in as many of the competitions as possible . |
| 12 | He argues that the walls would have reduced in thickness above the platform , and have acted as the stylobate for the columns of the portico and this could account for the comparatively small diameter of the column drum found on the site ( his p. 16 ) . |
| 13 | This could account for the weather sensitivity of some people who show either depression before a storm , or pains in joints and injuries . |
| 14 | This would account for the agricultural implements , which include a plough-tip , the other tools being used by carpenters and gardeners . |
| 15 | This would account for the singular lack of internal buildings , even though a civilian element may have remained among the population as the sharp distinction between fort and town became increasingly blurred in the fourth century . |
| 16 | This will account for the fact that although it is the obvious lesson of Darwinism that species mutate , they can not be said to be aware of this nor in any sense to change themselves . |
| 17 | However , for others the condition may present in a far more insidious and subtle manner , the constant yawning or sighing , the one deep breath in three , excessive sniffing , each of these may account for the reduced levels of carbon dioxide in the lungs , which over time leads to the ‘ chronic hyperventilation syndrome ’ . |
| 18 | That would account for the eight per cent swing from Labour to the Conservatives , which boosted Alan Stewart 's majority in Eastwood to over 11,000 . |
| 19 | If your actual intake is in excess of your estimate , that would account for the plateau effect that you are experiencing . |
| 20 | That would account for the sadness , but other nuances remained unexplained . |
| 21 | That would account for the fact that the drawings of Gesner 's costumes were so magnificent , so suited to his style and size . |