Example sentences of "[verb] account for [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it is the growth of white-collar employment which has accounted for most of the expansion of the upper middle class . |
| 2 | The various explanations for communication failure that have been proposed — including not taking account of properties of the stimulus array , not asking questions , failing to perceive the role of the message , and having insufficient cognitive space to monitor the activity — seem to account for many of the experimental findings . |
| 3 | Despite the absence of genomic sequence for coding segment 2 , the intron/exon boundaries indicated account for all of the nucleotides in this region of the three cDNA clones shown in a. c , GGFBPP1 encodes a truncated protein . |
| 4 | What the figures do n't show is the effect of the overall increase in labour turnover on standards : it ca n't have been good , and this helps account for some of the loss of business . |
| 5 | This would help to account for some of the extra calories expelled in the faeces of those consuming fibre-rich foods . |
| 6 | Abrams attempted to account for some of the striking variations in ‘ neighbour behaviour ’ which he found in different areas . |
| 7 | Tim James , the council 's urban woodlands officer , said : ‘ Dutch elm disease has killed some of the trees and the high winds have accounted for some of the pine and larch . |