Example sentences of "account [prep] a [adj] fraction [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you can see from Table 16.2 , they account for a tiny fraction of total assets . |
| 2 | After 1760 , with the acceleration in turnpike trust formation and the advent of the canal age , investment in transport came to account for a substantial fraction of total capital investment in Britain . |
| 3 | They accounted for a tiny fraction of that year 's death toll . |
| 4 | Together these findings indicate that mutations of the human P gene may account for a significant fraction of cases of type II OCA , the most frequent form of oculocutaneous albinism worldwide . |
| 5 | At the same time it should be remembered that over the centuries , exiles and deportees have only accounted for a tiny fraction of the total population of Siberia , the vast majority of which was there as a result of voluntary emigration , fortune seeking or the process of natural procreation . |
| 6 | Large-scale natural resource-based industrial ( RBI ) projects such as steel , aluminium and petrochemical plants accounted for a significant fraction of these investments . |