Example sentences of "account for [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it indicate that the meaning of an idiom can not be inferred from ( or , more precisely , can not be accounted for as a compositional function of ) the meanings the parts carry IN THAT EXPRESSION ? |
| 2 | The definition must be understood as stating that an idiom is an expression whose meaning can not be accounted for as a compositional function of the meanings its parts have when they are not parts of idioms . |
| 3 | They should be accounted for separately only if the instruments are capable of being cancelled or redeemed independently of each other ; otherwise they should be accounted for as a single instrument . |
| 4 | PW points out that had Perfect Information been accounted for as an associated undertaking , ‘ in our opinion up to £2m of the loss recognised this year would have been reflected in the year ended 31 March 1991 by elimination of profits arising on sales made to Perfect Information Ltd . |
| 5 | Under SSAP 24 and UITF 6 these long-term obligations are accounted for on a full provision basis , even though in many cases it is likely that they will continually roll over , and it has been argued that it is difficult to justify a prohibition , as SSAP 15 would otherwise require , on the related deferred tax being treated on a similar basis if it , too , continually rolls over . |
| 6 | Under SSAP 24 and UITF 6 these long-term obligations are accounted for on a full provision basis , even though in many cases it is likely that they will continually roll over ( ie as one obligation is settled another will arise ) and it has been argued that it is difficult to justify a prohibition , as SSAP 15 would otherwise require , on the related deferred tax being treated on a similar basis if it , too , continually rolls over . |
| 7 | In the first fifteen years of the nineteenth century re-exporting still accounted for between a fifth and a quarter of total exports . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The large number of foot-soldiers suggests either that they were mercenaries , or that their presence was accounted for by a surviving obligation under the ban . |
| 10 | Most of this increase was accounted for by a planned NKr5,000 million fund to help the banking sector . |
| 11 | According to the 1989 census , Russians accounted for just over half ( 50.8 per cent ) of the total population ; the balance was accounted for by a hundred or more different national groups , ranging from a few hundred Negidals in the Far East to the major Slavic and Muslim groups which occupied the west and south of the country as well as Russia proper . |
| 12 | Since 1980 , the position has been reversed , with the increase in real income of pensioners being accounted for by a substantial real increase in occupational pensions . |
| 13 | Why this should be so will be discussed in a moment but it does enable the other observations to be accounted for by a single theory . |
| 14 | The excess of non-variceal bleeds among patients receiving surgery is almost entirely accounted for by a single patient who experienced numerous bleeds for oesophagitis ( unrelated to the surgical procedure ) . |
| 15 | If the share of UK GDP accounted for by a particular region is equal to its share of UK population and , if this is true for all regions , then GDP is spread proportional to population throughout the country . |
| 16 | However , if the share of UK GDP accounted for by a particular region is higher than its share of UK population , then that region is relatively more prosperous than the average ; conversely for a lower figure . |
| 17 | Largely the difference is accounted for by a dramatic decrease in child mortality in the modern Western world , due to vast improvements in hygiene , protection against infective disease and plentiful food . |
| 18 | A problem is that mean values for fertility and survival probability decline with age , which may not necessarily be accounted for by a logarithmic transform . |
| 19 | The large reduction in casualties for 16–18 year olds in Lothian can be accounted for by a significant reduction in motorcycle use by this age group . |
| 20 | Between 500 and 1000 km of north-south crustal shortening could be accounted for by an equivalent amount of lateral crustal movement arising from the ‘ ploughing ’ motion of the Indian Plate as it moved northwards and displaced lithospheric blocks in the Eurasian Plate . |
| 21 | This could be accounted for by an initial Hercynian episode of stripping of Carboniferous overburden . |
| 22 | At the same time there was an increase in the proportion of the populations of most union republics that was accounted for by the titular nationality , an increase that was again most marked in Central Asia with its higher birthrates . |
| 23 | More than 60 per cent of Indian exports are accounted for by the two Tata outfits , Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS ) and Tata Unisys Ltd , which employ around 1,500 professionals in Bombay and Bangalore . |
| 24 | However , this study demonstrated that the increased prevalence of macrovascular complications was not accounted for by the increased frequency of cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension . |
| 25 | Nearly 90 per cent of the overall increase in the labour force of 3.1 million between 1971 and 1990 was accounted for by the increased participation of women . |
| 26 | Data for the USA , EEC and Japan all point to an increase in the share of manufacturing output accounted for by the largest firms ( figure 10.2 ) . |
| 27 | Some of the difference may be accounted for by the greater number of court sites and judicial officials in proportion to population and area in Sri Lanka than in India . |
| 28 | Erm I think I 'm right in saying that the difference on a hundred percent migration between the House Builders Federation and the County Council , is accounted for by the technical differences that we 've talked about this morning , one thousand six hundred . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |