Example sentences of "account [prep] about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether , these groups account for about a quarter of all sales by Japanese firms . |
| 2 | Voluntary schools in England account for about a third of primary schools and a fifth of secondary schools ( see Figure 6.9 ) . |
| 3 | The thematic map work , accounting for about a third of staff effort , was commissioned by the Department of the Environment ( DOE ) . |
| 4 | Social security accounts for about a third of total public spending in most western states . |
| 5 | Groundwater accounts for about a third of the public water supplies in Britain ; in the south and east of England dependence on supplies from groundwater is locally much greater . |
| 6 | Industry experts say this booming cottage industry now accounts for about a quarter of the X-rated video market . |
| 7 | Overhauling an industry that consumes $100 billion a year and accounts for about a seventh of the national economy merits delay . |
| 8 | Each partnership authority has a different spending pattern , but overall expenditure on social projects such as recreation and personal social services accounts for rather more than two-fifths of the total ; that on economic projects , such as site works , accounts for about a third ; and that on environmental projects , such as restoration of derelict land and housing , for a quarter . |
| 9 | But Keebler , the troubled biscuits and snack maker , which accounts for about a third of UB sales , has been caught short by price competition in a recession-stricken US market . |
| 10 | Total investment , which includes spending on all types of capital goods by firms , accounts for about a fifth of total expenditure in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | Out of the married women sector , who accounted for about a third of abortions in 1980 , about 3% were because of Reason Four . |
| 12 | By 1958 more than a quarter of consumers had electric water heating ( compared with an eighth on nationalisation ) and water heaters accounted for about a quarter of all domestic electricity sales . |
| 13 | In the first Whitehall study risk factors such as age , smoking , systolic blood pressure , height , and plasma cholesterol and blood glucose concentration accounted for about a fifth of the twofold to threefold grade differences in mortality from coronary heart disease . |
| 14 | In the Whitehall II study , differences between subjects in health , health related behaviours , psychosocial aspects of the work environment , and social circumstances outside work accounted for about a third of the threefold to sixfold differences in sickness absence by grade . |