Example sentences of "[adv] accounted for [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was largely accounted for in the lower ranks . |
| 2 | This trend is partly accounted for by the steady increase in cohabitation . |
| 3 | The inconsistency of the results is partly accounted for by the different methods used for adjusting for other variables , such as disparities in size and monopoly power between control types , but clearly these studies do not bring a definitive answer much closer . |
| 4 | The richness of the Malesian flora , for example , may be partly accounted for by the Laurasian elements in the lowland rain forest and the Gondwana elements in the heath forest and in montane communities . |
| 5 | A large proportion of this increase was also accounted for by the new offence of failing to send children to school , which in 1920 accounted for nearly one-quarter of all criminal cases . |
| 6 | It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities . |
| 7 | Diary entries can be coded in a wide number of ways allowing activities to be carefully tracked and even accounted for through the built-in billing system . |
| 8 | The bulk , the Scaevolan cases , seem to be most readily accounted for by the textual transmission of his works . |