Example sentences of "account for [n mass] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 2 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |
| 3 | In contrast , motorways account for 30% of the mileage covered by heavy goods vehicles ( and 45% of that of the largest lorries ) . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the interactive development tool and user interface management systems sectors account for 47% of the market but are growing at 65% per year . |
| 5 | For instance , other EMS currencies account for 72% of the French franc 's trade-weighted basket , and the dollar accounts for 44% of the yen 's . |
| 6 | Ships flying the Greek flag make up the world 's third-biggest merchant fleet , after Liberia 's and Panama 's ( having recently beaten an uppity Japan back into fourth place ) , and account for 40% of the European Community 's total tonnage . |
| 7 | Stock increases , own labour improvements and capital payments , therefore , account for £15m of the £36m gap . |
| 8 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and for 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 9 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and are 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 10 | And six shares account for 70% of the whole stockmarket 's capitalisation , of $17.3 billion . |
| 11 | Strathclyde , Grampian and Lothian Regions together account for 70% of the industry 's UK workforce . |
| 12 | The largest proportion of absences are proper nouns and foreign words which account for 78% of the missing tokens ( 75% of the types ) . |
| 13 | There are also an application development and a manufacturing technology transfer operation : together , the work done by these for third parties account for 10% of the turnover of Montpellier . |
| 14 | The sector of demand registering a significant increase — accounting for 34% in the year 2000 as opposed to 29% in 1983 — is covered by conversion losses , mainly when a fuel is transformed into electricity . |
| 15 | The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction and , more important still , on energy-guzzling industries , with the chemical industry accounting for 41% of the value-added in the state and oil refining for another 17% . |
| 16 | Standard Life is one of the major equity investors in the U.K. with ordinary share investments accounting for 2% of the U.K. equity market . |
| 17 | 6% of cereal producers accounting for 60% of the production . |
| 18 | Agriculture accounts for 50% of the long-term damage inflicted on these areas . |
| 19 | Forest burning currently accounts for 20% of the world 's annual production of carbon dioxide . |
| 20 | Home shopping through its mail-order catalogues accounts for 42% of the business and saw profits increase to £81.5m . |
| 21 | IBM 's Advanced workstation division says its direct sales force accounts for 64% of the RS/6000s shipped . |
| 22 | The food division which accounts for 64pc of the Co-op 's sales in the North-East increased its turnover by 11.4pc to £257.5m , taking a large slice of market share from its main competitors . |
| 23 | As far as I 'm concerned , I would ignore that er I 'm perfectly prepared to talk to anybody who wants to talk to me and to explain why , certainly in West Oxfordshire , the problems are caused by an over-spending Labour/S L D County Council that accounts for 90% of the . |
| 24 | As a result of the restatement of the Pru 's business under the accruals method , pre-tax profit from long-term business increased as shown ( long-term business within the group is split into three areas : Prudential Assurance , which operates mainly in the UK , Australia and Canada and accounts for 58% of the total ; Jackson National , the US subsidiary ; and Mercantile and General , the reinsurance business ) . |
| 25 | The western portion of Negros island ( Negros Occidental ) in the central Philippines , also known as ‘ sugarlandia ’ , is renowned for its abundant sugar production , which accounts for 65% of the country 's total sugar harvest . |
| 26 | Comparison of SCFA concentrations int he gut of known acetogenic animals , such as the termite , with man , shows that in the insect acetate accounts for 94% of the total compared with only 57% in the human caecum . |
| 27 | In the aviation industry , where fuel accounts for 16% of the operating costs of an airline , a 1% improvement in fuel efficiency can save $16 million for every 10 wide-bodied aircraft an airline operates over a typical five year cycle . |
| 28 | It accounts for 25% of the British ceramic tableware industry 's output and for 25% of its exports . |
| 29 | Inland Revenue figures show that housing now accounts for 40% of the total value of inherited estates . |
| 30 | The decline in death rates in the past sixty years thus accounts for 10% of the overall 3% growth rate in the economy . |