Example sentences of "[adv] accounts for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then I shall arrange it , ’ said Adam , who had no intention of producing quarterly accounts for this inquisitive journalist . |
| 2 | Certainly its application within the large domestic market of the United States , which alone accounts for some 40 per cent of world air travel , can hardly be considered an unqualified success . |
| 3 | Statistics show that typically it only accounts for two per cent of all the verbal behaviours that take place in a conversation . |
| 4 | Manufacturing only accounts for five per cent of GDP , and the internal market is small and undeveloped . |
| 5 | In urban areas in Britain , over 37 per cent of all journeys are made door-to-door on foot , yet official data continue to stress that walking only accounts for three per cent of all mileage . |
| 6 | Secondly we have already noted that banks are opening more accounts for lower-paid people , alongside the trend towards payment of wages through bank accounts rather than in cash . |
| 7 | At the risk of indelicacy , one would suggest that such a condition usually accounts for some five or six days of inactivity . |
| 8 | Toshiba has not specified the size of the reduction in the half-yearly bonus , which traditionally accounts for 50 p.c. of total pay . |
| 9 | Dissociation of initiation from propagation probably accounts for abortive spikes such as those observed in HeLa cells responding to low doses of histamine . |
| 10 | This implies a maximum depth of about 30 feet and probably accounts for much of the discrepancy between the original estimate of building costs of £12,000 and the £25,000 actually spent . |
| 11 | Investment is sometimes thought of as the most dynamic element in the economy — it probably accounts for much of the cyclical instability in the economy and is an important determinant of economic growth . |
| 12 | That probably accounts for some of the scepticism after the decision to ape stock market precedent and end business barriers between underwriters . |
| 13 | That probably accounts for some of the scepticism after the decision to ape stock market precedent and end business barriers between underwriters . |
| 14 | This is a traditional approach , and probably accounts for most vibrational spectra actually recorded . |
| 15 | Rural land now accounts for 85 per cent of the country 's total land area of 10.597 million ha . |
| 16 | The ‘ peripheral ’ workforce as a whole now accounts for 34 per cent of those in employment — 8.1 million people . |
| 17 | Unleaded fuel now accounts for 46.7 per cent of all the petrol consumed in the EC , according to figures released by Eurostat , the Community 's statistics office . |
| 18 | Nothing costs over £50 , prices start at £9 , and the line now accounts for 65 per cent of my overall sales . ’ |
| 19 | Private enterprise now accounts for half the economy and is expanding by 25% a year . |
| 20 | However , Mr Barber reports that the number of people planning to retire to a home in France now accounts for some 50% of enquiries . |
| 21 | UK business now accounts for some 30% of the European total . |
| 22 | A report by the Compassion in World Farming ( CIWF ) group on fish farming in Britain--a growth industry which now accounts for some 10 per cent of the country 's total fish consumption--has highlighted some of the practices associated with raising fish in captivity . |
| 23 | Traffic now accounts for 51 per cent of total nitrogen oxide emissions , compared to 31 per cent in 1980 . |
| 24 | Clearly the agenda for Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley will be to prune the £80 billion the DSS spends on various welfare benefits , as this now accounts for 29 per cent of the government 's social security budget . |
| 25 | Inset Alpine skiing began as a winter sport at the turn of the century and today accounts for billions in tourism revenue . |
| 26 | The explanation proposed here accounts for this fact in the following way . |
| 27 | On March 16th he froze savings in excess of 50,000 new cruzados ( $1,000 at the official rate ) and four-fifths of funds ( or 25,000 new cruzados , whichever is highest ) in overnight accounts for 18 months . |
| 28 | However , intrinsic value never accounts for all of the option premiums in the case of in-the-money options and none of the premiums in the cases of at-the-money and out-of-the-money options . |
| 29 | It currently accounts for some 10 per cent of ozone loss , but this proportion is likely to rise to 16 per cent if present trends continue , despite the fact that at a meeting of Montreal Protocol signatories last November , it was agreed to freeze use at present levels [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 30 | Absorption by methane certainly accounts for much of this solar heating , but its abundance may be insufficient to produce the whole effect , in which case there may be an as yet unidentified absorber such as a thin suspension of black soot from the photodissociation of methane . |