Example sentences of "may [adv] account for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A similar mechanism may perhaps account for the fact that some group-living animals drive sick or injured individuals out of the group .
2 It is obscured to some extent by the heavily didactic purpose of Masterman Ready and this may partly account for the fact that young readers have always claimed the adult novel , Mr Midshipman Easy , as their own , even though it must always have made considerable demands on their reading skills and their understanding .
3 This may partly account for the secrecy and guilt that surrounds the family if their relative is understood to have taken his own life .
4 Methodological differences may partly account for the discrepancy between these studies .
5 The same factor may also account for the variation in amplitudes and frequencies noted by us and by Sunshine .
6 A similar location appears at Catterick and Great Casterton , and may also account for the courtyard structure parallel to Ermine Street at Water Newton .
7 Some of these factors may also account for the lack of academic analysis of the object , compared with the extent of linguistic research .
8 It seems possible , however , that the latter two studies were using substantially lower levels of stress than the former two and this may well account for the difference in results .
9 We should not too readily assume that this is a product of guilty conscience , as a result of deliberate rejection of responsibility , although that may sometimes account for the pressure brought on formal carers to find a solution more comfortable to the complainant .
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