Example sentences of "[vb past] account for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than reject Marxism on the grounds that it had been disproved by history , as Merleau-ponty had done , he sought to account for Stalinism through a dialectical analysis of the specific history of the Soviet Union since the Revolution : theory and practice , he argued , had become separated with the result that the former had become ‘ sclerosed ’ while the latter had become ‘ blind ’ and ‘ unprincipled ’ ( I , 50 ) . |
| 2 | According to Personal Computers and the X Window System , the latest report from the X Business Group , it is the take-up of X by commercial customers that has caused the explosion , with database access expected to account for 32% of sales , mapping and GIS 16% and CASE 11% . |
| 3 | For instance , it would surely seem reasonable to suggest that a theory that anticipates and leads to the discovery of new phenomena , in the way Clerk Maxwell 's theory led to the discovery of radio waves , is more worthy of merit and more justifiable than a law or theory devised to account for phenomena already known and not leading to the discovery of new ones . |
| 4 | William was only 34 when his last child was born , while his father had been 43 ; perhaps some form of contraception did account for William and Mary Ann stopping short at those four children ? |
| 5 | Reaction among Arab and other Gulf war allies suggested that the depth of Arab hostility had accounted for delays in implementing the plan . |
| 6 | Norman Lamont said he had accounted for tax levels imposed on other kinds of gambling and the extent to which the lottery , which is to begin next year , would reduce spending on other types of gambling . |
| 7 | A short lifter had accounted for Hardie on Saturday . |