Example sentences of "account for the [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 2 | The land alone can not account for the size of the region Gloucester came to control ; that derived from royal office and royal backing . |
| 3 | But in her earlier study where she had viewed the alternants as being ‘ equivalent ways of saying the same thing ’ she did not attempt to ‘ account for the interplay between the differences in modal meaning and the social conditioning in the use of these forms ’ ( Lavandera 1982 : 90 — her translation ) . |
| 4 | This makes it difficult for traders to recognize arbitrage possibilities involving a future on a geometric index when the future is underpriced , and may account for the replacement of the geometric VLCI future by its arithmetic equivalent . |
| 5 | They can not account for the artistry of the individual practitioner . |
| 6 | This , together with improvements in diet and exercise and also in the average man 's or woman 's physical environment throughout the century , may account for the decline in the death-rate which has continued to take place in recent years for those who have already reached middle age ( see Table I.6 ) . |