Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun] [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked on the national position , and his own part therein , differently from others , his blood and background accounting for that . |
| 2 | Prepare income statements for Absent Ltd using marginal costing and absorption costing for each of the three years to aid the management accountant 's explanation . |
| 3 | Agriculture contributed 11 per cent of GDP , with tobacco ( the main cash crop and export ) , sugar , maize , beef and cotton accounting for some two-thirds of the sector 's production . |
| 4 | The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction and , more important still , on energy-guzzling industries , with the chemical industry accounting for 41% of the value-added in the state and oil refining for another 17% . |
| 5 | The most important development in sprint and marathon racing for some time was the introducing of starting gates at the World Sprint Championships in Paris . |