Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] account for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the scale was twenty-three miles to an inch , it was possible that a deviation of two or three miles would not be marked , but that could not account for the tarmac . |
| 2 | However , Willie was certain that this could not account for the strange noise , so he continued , only to find the noise started again even louder . |
| 3 | Although the timescale of artificial selection experiments means that new mutations can contribute to the responses , in the above experiments accumulation of partially recessive mutations could not account for the decline in early performance , because the drop persisted in crosses between ‘ old ’ lines . |
| 4 | The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes . |
| 5 | He knew about Lamarck 's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics , but dismissed this as a secondary process that could not account for the whole range of adaptations ( he must also have been aware of the strong opposition to Lamarckism from Owen and the conservative forces in science ) . |
| 6 | Although there is a slight reduction in the number of cells per well over the culture period this could not account for the reduction in EGF binding seen . |
| 7 | But the main effect of the Candida toxins is to depress the immune system — while this may well be important in perpetuating the Candida infection , it would not account for the symptoms described above . |
| 8 | Italian farmers claimed that some of its modern manifestations were inspired by pesticide , but pesticide would not account for the hue of those ravishing little sprigged seaweed trees on the Tuscan hillsides in the frescoes at Monte Oliveto . |
| 9 | Though an increased incidence of cancer could be due to ascertainment bias because hypertensive patients are under closer medical surveillance than normotensive patients , this would not account for the association between mortality from cancer and blood pressure . |
| 10 | If similar figures were applied to man , then clearly an increase of only 43% in liver protein synthesis would not account for the reported increases in whole body protein synthesis . |
| 11 | This , however , is not an adequate explanation because it can not account for the kind of statement made by the apprentice of his appreciation of the grandeur of work that was quoted by Willis ( 1976 ) and repeated earlier in this paper . |
| 12 | They can not account for the artistry of the individual practitioner . |
| 13 | But of course grammatical modification can not account for the particulars of meaning which are signalled on particular occasions , Grammar can only denote degrees of generality . |
| 14 | Some of Althusser 's critics have pointed out that this monolithic conception of the role of ideology can not account for the vast variety of ‘ ideological universes ’ found in modern capitalist states , some conformist and others overtly subversive . |
| 15 | It seems , therefore , that sample pore-space or matrix properties can not account for the different trends in electrical conductivity . |
| 16 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | While this may account for part of the gap in the gross weekly earnings of men and women , however , it can not account for the difference in hourly rates of pay . |
| 19 | Although there is evidence to support Kinsbourne 's hypothesis ( Kinsbourne , 1975a ; Cohen , 1975a ) it can not account for the results of those studies in which opposite field superiorities have been obtained for verbal and non-verbal stimuli presented randomly or simultaneously to each half field of vision ( Terrace , 1959 ; Berlucchi , Brizzolara , Marzi , Rizzolatti and Umilta , 1974 ; Hines , 1975 ; Klein , Moscovitch and Vigna , 1976 ; Pirozollo and Rayner , 1977 ) . |
| 20 | An attentional model can not account for the statistically significant ear-by-stimulus type interaction . |
| 21 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 22 | Moreover , his proposal can not account for the close relationship between pairs of sentences such as : |
| 23 | Environmental health experts say that increased reporting can not account for the total increase . |