Example sentences of "[conj] can account for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these reports should be interpreted with caution in the light of several factors that can account for misleading results . |
| 2 | The aim of the research is to develop a scientific theory of the processes involved in face and person recognition that can account for normal performance , and will help in understanding the different types of difficulty in recognising faces experienced by patients who have had strokes . |
| 3 | Features of language that interest theoretical ( academic ) linguists include linguistic competence ( the way in which people decide whether a sentence is grammatical or not ) , language universals ( grammatical principles that apply to all natural languages ) and in finding the simplest , computationally most restricted theory that can account for natural language . |
| 4 | Tribology technologies are ready for application , and can account for substantial savings to industry . |
| 5 | Food is the most important item in the expenditure of most households in the Third World and can account for more than three-quarters of the budget of a poor urban family . |