Example sentences of "account for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every year a number of trailers are rolled over on our roads and trailer accidents account for a great deal of glider repairs . |
| 2 | Launch failures account for a very high proportion of gliding accidents , making cable break practice a very important aspect of glider training . |
| 3 | Thus , leaving the graduated scheme out of account for a moment , the position we have reached today is that the state pays to all retired persons , without regard to means , a pension roughly of subsistence value . |
| 4 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 5 | Latinos account for a third of its 9m odd residents . |
| 6 | As EMS currencies are pegged to each other and account for a big part of each other 's baskets , the stability of the trade-weighted values of the French franc and the D-mark compared with the dollar and the yen is no surprise . |
| 7 | And England 's private schools , whose pupils account for a quarter of sixth-formers and of A-level passes , know that parents will pay for the prospect of a smooth path to university . |
| 8 | The latest published figures on the origins of TB infection in confirmed herd breakdowns in Great Britain show that south-west England has a much higher incidence of breakdowns and badgers account for a high proportion of them . |
| 9 | These , with automatic fire-alarms going off inexplicably , account for a far higher percentage of calls than do fires . |
| 10 | With other foreigners they account for a quarter of trading . |
| 11 | BP and Shell account for a large slice of petroleum tax payments because they operate mature fields that have lost their tax shelter . |
| 12 | Widowed lone mothers account for a small and declining number of lone parent families . |
| 13 | Currently , hydrocarbons account for a third of Norway 's gross exports , 15 per cent of revenue and 17 per cent of Gross National Product . |
| 14 | In spite of knowledge of precautions , injuries from accidents during sport and leisure activities are common-place and account for a significant proportion of emergency admission to hospitals . |
| 15 | However , the bulk of LDCs have neither oil resources to export nor a diversified manufacturing base , and it is these countries that account for a high proportion of the world 's poor . |
| 16 | Shoplifters Thefts account for a large proportion of lost profits . |
| 17 | Over the past few years we have been working on such an account , and in this paper we focus on the implications of this account for a central tenet of the mental models approach : that the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of the context for the interpretation of the current sentence or clause . |
| 18 | Non-ferrous metals account for a large part of our overseas expenditure on raw materials . |
| 19 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 20 | Death during transport and in quarantine account for a further 20 per cent of each batch . |
| 21 | It is beyond dispute that they also account for a large number of tiny rabbits that are born in breeding chambers within burrow systems . |
| 22 | Official documents account for a large proportion of the primary sources . |
| 23 | Scottish & Newcastle ( McEwans and Youngers beers , Newcastle Brown ) have a relatively low holding of tied public houses ( which are mainly in Scotland and the North East ) , but still account for a significant proportion of total beer sales , partly through sales to free houses and partly through the strong position of their brands in the off-licence trade . |
| 24 | Parts and components account for a growing share of Japan 's exports ; 28% of total exports and 36% of machinery exports in 1992 compared with 19% and 28% respectively in 1981 . |
| 25 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 26 | In the present generations of younger women , very few never marry so this particular source of family care has almost dried up , although there is evidence that never-married women still account for a disproportionate number of unpaid carers ( Finch and Groves , 1980 ; Lewis and Meredith , 1988 ) . |
| 27 | Tourists from other countries account for a great deal of revenue to some large hotels and therefore a watchful eye is kept on the figure , so that advertising campaigns can be planned to attract foreign visitors . |
| 28 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
| 29 | The four broad types I have mentioned account for a very large proportion of governmental activity , but each could be divided up into a number of smaller functions . |
| 30 | Clearly in simple population terms the older age groups account for a disproportionate amount of health care expenditure . |