Example sentences of "[noun] accounts for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Animal protection groups claim that the EC cosmetic industry accounts for about 50000 of the 200000 tests carried out worldwide on animals . |
| 2 | At present the UK accounts for about 1.5–2 per cent of research spending on superconductivity , and NCS wants this to increase to match the UK share of all research ( currently about 5 per cent of the world total ) . |
| 3 | Meningococcal meningitis accounts for about half Britain 's cases and usually affects small children and young adults . |
| 4 | Local Government accounts for about one-quarter of all public expenditure in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | The unfair dismissal jurisdiction accounts for about three-quarters of the business of the tribunals . |
| 6 | The Middle East accounts for about one-third of Western Europe 's imports , just over 10% of the USA 's , 65% of Japan 's and 39% of Latin America 's . |
| 7 | Your brain accounts for about two per cent of your body weight . |
| 8 | The evidence for this is derived from reported clinical and autopsy data in which macrovascular disease accounts for about 75 per cent of all deaths in diabetics , compared to approximately 50 per cent in the non-diabetic population ( Ganda , 1980 ) . |
| 9 | Binder found an excess of 1000 cells/mm 2 lamina propria in mildly active UC compared with controls , and assuming specific gravity=1 and that lamina propria accounts for about half the weight of a biopsy specimen , the excess number of cells in lamina propria of a 10 mg specimen=150000 . |