Example sentences of "can [not/n't] account for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They can not account for the artistry of the individual practitioner . |
| 3 | But of course grammatical modification can not account for the particulars of meaning which are signalled on particular occasions , Grammar can only denote degrees of generality . |
| 4 | Some of Althusser 's critics have pointed out that this monolithic conception of the role of ideology can not account for the vast variety of ‘ ideological universes ’ found in modern capitalist states , some conformist and others overtly subversive . |
| 5 | It seems , therefore , that sample pore-space or matrix properties can not account for the different trends in electrical conductivity . |
| 6 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 7 | Yet this alone can not account for the negative results , for the weight of evidence is such that the general conclusion can hardly be challenged . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Although there is evidence to support Kinsbourne 's hypothesis ( Kinsbourne , 1975a ; Cohen , 1975a ) it can not account for the results of those studies in which opposite field superiorities have been obtained for verbal and non-verbal stimuli presented randomly or simultaneously to each half field of vision ( Terrace , 1959 ; Berlucchi , Brizzolara , Marzi , Rizzolatti and Umilta , 1974 ; Hines , 1975 ; Klein , Moscovitch and Vigna , 1976 ; Pirozollo and Rayner , 1977 ) . |
| 10 | An attentional model can not account for the statistically significant ear-by-stimulus type interaction . |
| 11 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 12 | Moreover , his proposal can not account for the close relationship between pairs of sentences such as : |
| 13 | Environmental health experts say that increased reporting can not account for the total increase . |