Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] account for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors , they can force concessions from their senior partners . |
| 2 | The thirty or so largest groups accounted for about seventy per cent of the total population in the 1948 census . |
| 3 | Twenty or so low castes accounted for between one-fifth and one-quarter of the Sinhalese population ( Appendix C ) . |
| 4 | In northern India , Brahmins and other high castes accounted for a relatively large proportion of the population . |
| 5 | In fact , a most significant area for dealing with the problem , if not in some cases accounting for it altogether , is to realise a major part lies not outside ourselves ( in them and their attitudes ) , but with me ( in me and my attitudes — in my inner reactions , habits of mind , prejudices and habitual behaviour given certain threatening circumstances ) . |
| 6 | Gas between the galaxies contains too few baryons to account for all the apparent mass but too many to be consistent with the simplest Big Bang models . |
| 7 | Moreover , according to a report by consultancy Price Waterhouse , in 1990 finance and retail companies slowed computer spending more than firms in any other sector ; the vast majority of Softwright 's business comes from these two areas , and long-established clients account for two-thirds of its turnover . |
| 8 | This very strong assumption precludes any role for unobserved variables to account for a substantial proportion of population heterogeneity . |
| 9 | Is it not the pride of the industry that although sales in Britain account for only 8% of the world total , British recordings account for 22% ? |
| 10 | British equities account for more than half of the assets of British funds ; foreign equities are a further 20% . |
| 11 | The buccaneer impulse revealed in these artless words accounts for the vigorous campaigns against other villains in other castles , though the immediate object is almost always the traditional one of help for a distressed damsel . |
| 12 | A more healthy statistic is that British companies account for one in three of the firms selling programs for microcomputers in this country . |
| 13 | In services and distribution especially , very small firms with less than 30 workers account for three-quarters of employment . |
| 14 | Over 30 banks accounted for 35 per cent of financial turnover and employed over 1,200 people . |
| 15 | In 1980 British banks accounted for 80 per cent of company debt . |
| 16 | Private French bidders , much in evidence , bought 75% of the works with ten foreign dealers accounting for the rest . |
| 17 | Suicidal callers accounted for 16 per cent of all telephone calls and visits made to the Darlington Samaritans , who have an office in Woodland Road . |
| 18 | Other equally valid fits might also be obtained by allowing the 18-day decay to depart from a pure exponential ; it would then be possible , for example , to obtain a solution in which the two asymptotic increases account for the whole of the increase in rotation rate . |
| 19 | Several interrelated factors account for the development and growth of international banking in recent years : |
| 20 | Some wardens accounted for the revenues of their bailiwicks directly at the Exchequer . |
| 21 | As the social services account for a substantial part of public spending , cuts affected a wide range of services . |
| 22 | Each partnership authority has a different spending pattern , but overall expenditure on social projects such as recreation and personal social services accounts for rather more than two-fifths of the total ; that on economic projects , such as site works , accounts for about a third ; and that on environmental projects , such as restoration of derelict land and housing , for a quarter . |
| 23 | Official creditors accounted for 48 per cent of total long-term debt ( up from 38 per cent in 1982 ) . |
| 24 | Together , these four principal reasons accounted for 89% of all unsatisfied requests . |
| 25 | Over the period 1957–65 for US manufacturing , extra sales by overseas subsidiaries counted for an estimated 13 per cent of the total increase in production ( additional exports accounted for only a trivial 2 per cent ) . |
| 26 | Unix systems represented 16.9% of hardware sales , up from 15.3% last year ; personal computers accounted for an 18.7% share — up from 11.3% — with other types of kit down 0.9% at 27.7% on 1990 . |
| 27 | The major element of investment trusts ' asset portfolios is ordinary shares , with UK and overseas ordinary equities accounting for nearly 90 per cent of total assets net of short-term liabilities . |
| 28 | Thus , in 1982 the top 100 quoted companies accounted for well over half the turnover , profit , and capital employed of the top 1000 companies , and within the top 100 , the top 10 accounted for over a quarter of turnover and capital . |
| 29 | Developed countries account for 85 per cent of the world 's gross national product , and the majority of its mineral and fossil fuel consumption . |
| 30 | The individual companies accounted for 92.5% of SWA employment . |