Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [n mass] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 2 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |
| 3 | In contrast , motorways account for 30% of the mileage covered by heavy goods vehicles ( and 45% of that of the largest lorries ) . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the interactive development tool and user interface management systems sectors account for 47% of the market but are growing at 65% per year . |
| 5 | For instance , other EMS currencies account for 72% of the French franc 's trade-weighted basket , and the dollar accounts for 44% of the yen 's . |
| 6 | Ships flying the Greek flag make up the world 's third-biggest merchant fleet , after Liberia 's and Panama 's ( having recently beaten an uppity Japan back into fourth place ) , and account for 40% of the European Community 's total tonnage . |
| 7 | Stock increases , own labour improvements and capital payments , therefore , account for £15m of the £36m gap . |
| 8 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and for 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 9 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and are 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 10 | And six shares account for 70% of the whole stockmarket 's capitalisation , of $17.3 billion . |
| 11 | Strathclyde , Grampian and Lothian Regions together account for 70% of the industry 's UK workforce . |
| 12 | The largest proportion of absences are proper nouns and foreign words which account for 78% of the missing tokens ( 75% of the types ) . |
| 13 | There are also an application development and a manufacturing technology transfer operation : together , the work done by these for third parties account for 10% of the turnover of Montpellier . |
| 14 | Here the three criteria of ( *a ) explainability , ( *b ) comprehensiveness and ( *c ) positivity intertwine , as I indicate by means of the asterisks : The problem for the atheist is to provide a convincing account ( *a ) of religious experience , and with it of the entire ( *b ) religious history of mankind , which will do justice ( *c ) to its character and effects . |
| 15 | Remember that if QDMs remain within 4° of the desired track QDM , no correction is necessary . |
| 16 | By contrast iron bodies are strong and usually do not fragment until they penetrate to 10km of the ground . |