Example sentences of "account for [adv] [conj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet foreign banks still account for less than 3% of Italian banking assets . |
| 2 | While exchanges will show the fastest growth at 18% , commercial banks and capital markets still account for more than 75% of total spend . |
| 3 | The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists . |
| 4 | Own-label products now account for more than 20% of sales in some European supermarkets ( see chart ) . |
| 5 | It states , ‘ … grassland accounting for more than 70% of the total utilised agricultural area , a stocking rate of less than 1 livestock unit ( 1 cow over two years old or 6.6 sheep ) per forage hectare and farm rents not exceeding 65% of the national average … and a labour income per man — work unit exceeding 80% of the national average ’ . |
| 6 | Exports to the EFTA countries are also significant , now accounting for more than 10% of Grampian exports . |
| 7 | America is the biggest single air-travel market , accounting for more than 40% of all the world 's airline passengers . |
| 8 | Oil accounts for more than 50% of the gross domestic product and more than 90% of export revenue . |
| 9 | According to some estimates , ICI accounts for more than 20% of civilian R&D in the UK . |
| 10 | But such projects and a successful geothermal programme which now accounts for more than 10% of Kenya 's electricity will do little to reduce the oil dependence which helps keep Kenya and many other African countries caught in an energy trap . |
| 11 | Credit will only be given for technical articles and credit for this type of reading is unlikely to account for more than 25% of total unstructured CPE . |
| 12 | In total they accounted for less than 1% of the market value of government bonds outstanding at end-September , 1991 . |
| 13 | It received net interest and dividends in the 1990 fiscal year that accounted for more than 20% of its operating profits . |
| 14 | The fastest growing sector of the X market was graphical user interface development technology , including cross platform tools and interface development tools , which together accounted for more than $81m . |
| 15 | Although there were 14 distinct distribution channels for computer products , none accounted for more than 27% of the market . |
| 16 | Lotus Development Corp president Jim Manzi says that the company 's flagship 1-2-3 spreadsheet may account for less than 50% of total revenues this quarter , for the first time in the company 's history — it accounted for 74% in 1991 ; he also says that lower marketing and development costs should allow the company to deliver an operating margin of 15% to 18% next year . |
| 17 | The other countries in Central America and the Caribbean will account for less than 10% of total energy demand growth . |
| 18 | A year ago , applications software made up less than half Microsoft 's sales ; this year it will account for more than 60% . |
| 19 | Although Africa 's gas reserves are far larger than Europe 's , African production is less than one-fifth of European production and in 1983 indigenous consumption accounted for less than 10% of energy demand . |