Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] account for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar mechanism may perhaps account for the fact that some group-living animals drive sick or injured individuals out of the group . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is obscured to some extent by the heavily didactic purpose of Masterman Ready and this may partly account for the fact that young readers have always claimed the adult novel , Mr Midshipman Easy , as their own , even though it must always have made considerable demands on their reading skills and their understanding . |
| 7 | This may partly account for the secrecy and guilt that surrounds the family if their relative is understood to have taken his own life . |
| 8 | Methodological differences may partly account for the discrepancy between these studies . |
| 9 | The same factor may also account for the variation in amplitudes and frequencies noted by us and by Sunshine . |
| 10 | A similar location appears at Catterick and Great Casterton , and may also account for the courtyard structure parallel to Ermine Street at Water Newton . |
| 11 | Some of these factors may also account for the lack of academic analysis of the object , compared with the extent of linguistic research . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Transformational generative grammars would also account for the structure of example ( 2 ) in terms of a movement transformation called ‘ topicalisation ’ . |
| 16 | But this would also account for the fact that within this system many singers — Marie Lloyd , for instance — retained performing styles heavily influenced by oral traditions ; they often did not read music — as , notoriously , the accompanying orchestras had to remember . |
| 17 | This reference of Elijah would have been fully understood by Jewish readers and would also account for the crowd response at the end of the story : |
| 18 | We should not too readily assume that this is a product of guilty conscience , as a result of deliberate rejection of responsibility , although that may sometimes account for the pressure brought on formal carers to find a solution more comfortable to the complainant . |
| 19 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 20 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They can not account for the artistry of the individual practitioner . |
| 24 | 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 . |