Example sentences of "[adv] accounted " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compartment gave only an oblique view of the altar , which perhaps accounted for the distinct murmur of conversation behind the grille . |
| 2 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 3 | The fastest growing sector of the X market was graphical user interface development technology , including cross platform tools and interface development tools , which together accounted for more than $81m . |
| 4 | Lists of freemen of the city must be used with great caution , for their coverage was far from complete , but they indicate patterns of immigration amongst the ‘ middling ’ groups of townsmen — the tradesmen , craftsmen and shopkeepers who together accounted for at least half the adult male population . |
| 5 | It is apparent that the dominant holders are the insurance companies and pension funds who together accounted for around 50% of all holdings . |
| 6 | Bairds of Hamilton and Hourstons of Ayr , which together accounted for more than 50 per cent of group turnover , were sold as going concerns to JT Morgan & Co ( Swansea ) and its associated company , Omnibreck Holdings , respectively . |
| 7 | The situation was particularly disturbing in the state of Bihar , which alone accounted for three-quarters of the latter group . |
| 8 | Schiller none the less continued his research and provoked controversy by his estimate that , by the mid-1950s , though space heating sales had fallen to only a fifth of domestic sales , they still accounted for some three-fifths of the peak : significantly more than the BEA had ever publicly admitted . |
| 9 | It seemed obvious that the best form of organization for overseas trade was the one that was used first in exporting wool and then by the cloth traders , who still accounted for three-quarters of English exports in the first half of the century : all the merchants involved would sell together at a ‘ staple ’ town , usually in Belgium or the Netherlands , where they could avoid competing with each other and so increase their bargaining strength . |
| 10 | Although there has been a substantial move away from the building of three or more bedroom houses in recent years , they still accounted for 60 per cent of the total housing stock in 1986 compared with nearly three-quarters a decade earlier ( Housing and Construction Statistics 1976–1986 , Table 6.8 , 1987 ) . |
| 11 | In addition to Wessels , he also accounted for Kirsten who diverted a sharp off-cutter into his stumps in the day 's 15th over , the fourth wicket of the morning and the decisive one . |
| 12 | And that of course also accounted for the fact that there was no book in Webbs ' window . |
| 13 | It also accounted for 11.6% of sick leave . |
| 14 | Such accidental attacks also accounted for 72 of the 467 US personnel wounded in the conflict . |
| 15 | There was also a healthy increase in margins at Bunzl 's biggest business — distributing disposable paper and plastic products — aided by its departure from paper trading , which also accounted for much of last year 's drop in sales . |
| 16 | When Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister , in 1937 , he had as the Foreign Secretary , Anthony Eden , a very able minister of considerable repute , which fact probably accounted for the fact that he remained as Foreign Secretary despite the clear differences of opinion that became apparent between them . |
| 17 | They both accounted for this outcome in terms of the rigidity of the block contracts they had been recommended to make by the regional health authority . |
| 18 | Perhaps they were too well-known to need spelling out ; but it is just as likely that the personal qualities which contemporaries did stress were what really accounted for both men 's influence at the courts of successive Carolingians . |
| 19 | Domestic loans a year ago accounted for only 35% of life-assurance companies ' ¥116 trillion in assets ; they expect to allocate up to 60% in the present financial year . |
| 20 | As well as giving Howden access to new markets such as Scandinavia and the Far East , the acquisition increases Howden 's reliance on the fan business , which previously accounted for one-third of the group 's £300 million turnover . |
| 21 | By the 1980s , indeed , they commonly accounted for 70 per cent of the Lake Victoria catch . |