Example sentences of "[noun] accounted for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK accounted for the largest downward revision for GDP in 1991 , from a 0.5 per cent rise to a 2 per cent fall , noted Freeman . |
| 2 | But as well as having a novel structure , the theory has an explanatory power quite unlike that of classical economics : for while the latter attempted to explain economic systems as a response to individual needs , Marx accounted for a much wider range of social phenomena in terms of the part they played in a totality . |
| 3 | The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic . |
| 4 | Until recently Germany accounted for a fifth of its total sales . |
| 5 | For the first time , items from the former East Germany accounted for a large proportion of the lots on offer . |
| 6 | The USA accounted for a dominant two-thirds share of 1991 arms sales to the Middle East , the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ) stated in March . |
| 7 | Hitherto Switzerland accounted for a third of all hazardous waste imported into Britain . |