Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] account for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same issue of the Lancet , Astra replied that Glaxo 's new test was scientifically unsound because it did not account for normal cell division ( which would also stimulate DNA synthesis ) . |
| 2 | It would be easy to dismiss ‘ softing ’ as an esoteric corner of the stock market which could be ignored , if it did not account for one deal in every six . |
| 3 | Culture conflict between the British and Sri Lankans over the boundaries of crime , concepts of status and appropriate punishments was real , but it did not account for the general approach to the courts discussed earlier in this chapter . |
| 4 | Second , steady loss , albeit at differing rates from the two populations , did not account for the observed pattern . |
| 5 | It must be emphasized , however , that whether the criterion be the number of courses or the number of teacher-days devoted to this topic , the development of productive links with parents and the community did not account for more than a one-hundredth part of the Authority 's in-service programme during the evaluation period . |
| 6 | This increase did not account for almost £200 million written off through a change in accounting practices . |
| 7 | Well , Victoria is Maggie 's baby , now , and he has Jonathon working all day and all night under his eye and –here is only you left not accounted for . |
| 8 | He had n't accounted for disorientation . |