Example sentences of "[that] [noun pl] account for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Spinal Injuries in U.S. Rugby : 1970–90 ’ , was that many more catastrophic scrum injuries come from ‘ colliding ’ scrums ( 57 per cent ) than collapsed scrums ( 26 per cent ) , and that hookers accounted for 81 per cent of scrummaging injuries . |
| 2 | Small reckons that foxes account for £2,000 worth of lambs a year ( assuming £35 for a store lamb ) on his farm . |
| 3 | Macdonald suggests that foxes account for just one in every 15 or 20 lambs that die on Scottish hills . |
| 4 | British farmers are not producing enough organic food to meet rapidly-rising consumer demand , with the result that imports account for 70 per cent of the annual market , according to the Organic Food and Farming Centre . |
| 5 | The government 's Building Research Establishment estimates that buildings account for half of Britain 's energy consumption . |
| 6 | Critics of Balling 's work have suggested that , rather than showing that deserts account for some of the world temperature rise , the results may simply be demonstrating the fact that different types of land — notably desert — respond varyingly to the greenhouse effect . |
| 7 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 8 | Again , like his UK counterpart , Richet says that Montpellier has already found some OEM business and that outsiders account for 10% of his revenue . |
| 9 | As the total number of filled vacancies for all ages was 652,306 , this means that juveniles accounted for about 20% of all those finding employment through the exchanges . |