Example sentences of "[not/n't] 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 .
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