Example sentences of "that accounts for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not seem implausible to suppose , therefore , that it is the loyalism of the DUP rather than the evangelicalism of many of its leaders that accounts for its support , especially in the greater Belfast urban area . |
| 2 | We thus have a general sociobiological theory that accounts for both altruistic and selfish social behaviour . |
| 3 | We believe that it is the failure to map from roles to names that accounts for the difficulty in keeping track of who is doing what to whom in certain complicated texts with many characters — some Russian novels , for example . |
| 4 | It may be modern unwillingness to accept that there were activities in ancient societies which we do not understand that accounts for the embarrassing silence of archaeology on the Andean lines and its stubborn resistance to a proper treatment of the ley theory in Britain . |
| 5 | The map for platinum above right shows a very thin platinum-rich outer layer ( only 2 micrometres thick ) that accounts for the silver-grey colour of the grain . |
| 6 | Keyence turns this convention on its head : not only does it subcontract manufacturing , but it has an in-house sales team that accounts for fully half its workforce . |
| 7 | We shall find all these features clearly exemplified in the talk that accounts for the action on the terraces and that makes what happened in school meaningful and right . |
| 8 | It is in a rather different sense that it is said of the wicked that they will soon fade like the grass ( Ps 37.2 ) , for there it is not an inbuilt weakness of the human constitution that accounts for the imminent death of the wicked but a fate peculiar to wrongdoers . |
| 9 | Suppose we believe that the snow is what is muffling the sound of the traffic , or that flipping the switch made the windscreen wipers start to work , or that it is the position of the car 's heater that accounts for the driver 's left knee being warm . |
| 10 | To return to one of our initial examples , consider the belief that it is the position of the car 's heater that accounts for the driver 's left knee being warm . |
| 11 | Like professional scientists , he is very cautious about rejecting an explanation that accounts for what he knows , and he will not simply submit to authority . |
| 12 | We are surprised that Ito is so strongly opposed to a model that accounts for his data and ours , and that allows the cerebellar cortex of the flocculus and/or the ventral paraflocculus to be one of two sites of learning in the VOR . |
| 13 | That managed competition may increase in time but it is stretching credibility a long way to suggest that a company that accounts for more than 96 per cent . |
| 14 | As far as I 'm concerned , I would ignore that er I 'm perfectly prepared to talk to anybody who wants to talk to me and to explain why , certainly in West Oxfordshire , the problems are caused by an over-spending Labour/S L D County Council that accounts for 90% of the . |