Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] account for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If a particular group is disproportionately represented in prison , are there other , independent variables that could account for the correlation ? |
2 | She questioned him , trying to find out if he had an infection that could account for the temperature . |
3 | By extension , for many 19th-century commentators , there was an urgent need for a science of woman that would account for the nature of femininity . |
4 | This makes it difficult for traders to recognize arbitrage possibilities involving a future on a geometric index when the future is underpriced , and may account for the replacement of the geometric VLCI future by its arithmetic equivalent . |
5 | Most scientists believe the infill to be lava , and though there are no features yet seen on the Moon that are definitely volcanic , floods of lava from fissures that are buried beneath their own lava are known on the Earth and could account for the mare infill on the Moon . |