Example sentences of "[adv] account for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Paradoxical pain may well exist but is neither well documented nor common ; it does not account for the majority of cases of uncontrolled pain , and we are not aware of any evidence that it was an important factor in the care of the patient in the recent highly publicised court case . |
| 4 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They can not account for the artistry of the individual practitioner . |
| 11 | If we argue , nevertheless , that prestige models can still account for the trend to simplification and uniformity that we have revealed , we have to explain in this case why simplification should carry prestige . |
| 12 | Methodological differences may partly account for the discrepancy between these studies . |
| 13 | Transformational generative grammars would also account for the structure of example ( 2 ) in terms of a movement transformation called ‘ topicalisation ’ . |
| 14 | The same factor may also account for the variation in amplitudes and frequencies noted by us and by Sunshine . |
| 15 | Some of these factors may also account for the lack of academic analysis of the object , compared with the extent of linguistic research . |
| 16 | Even though the individual shopper will often find some functional justification for his or her particular choice , as being especially practical , other reasons , some of which will be analysed in later chapters , may be adduced , relating to social rather than functional considerations which may more convincingly account for the majority of purchases . |
| 17 | It lies in sops or bellies , surrounded by hard rocks , which will readily account for its being suddenly lost ; and these sops or bellies , being generally at considerable distances , will equally well account for the difficulty with which it is commonly regained … ’ |
| 18 | It seems possible , however , that the latter two studies were using substantially lower levels of stress than the former two and this may well account for the difference in results . |
| 19 | These considerations , however , do not fully account for the failure of Ford 's presidency . |
| 20 | One might be asked to report upon one 's beliefs to a psychologist or sociologist , interested in current opinion on matters biological , and say ‘ I believe that natural selection does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life ’ . |
| 21 | One would then not be saying that natural selection does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life but that one has a certain belief to the effect that it does not do so . |
| 22 | Of course , if one has the belief one would indeed be prepared to say that it does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life , but that is not what one is saying here and now . |
| 23 | Although reduced feed consumption and diarrhoea affect liveweight gain they do not wholly account for the loss in production . |
| 24 | Thus HIV probably causes gastrointestinal dysfunction ; furthermore HIV is the only intestinal pathogen which is frequently found even at stages II or III and could therefore account for the occurrence of gastrointestinal symptoms and mucosal abnormalities at early stages of the disease when other potential causes are rarely detected . |