Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be account for " in BNC.

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1 As a result of the expansion in foreign direct investment , trade deficits are no longer purely national concepts : a large chunk of a country 's exports and imports may be accounted for by foreign firms with bases there .
2 Furthermore , even when examining recorded crimes only , changes in the figures may be accounted for by reasons other than the fact that the actual number of offences have changed , and there are a variety of other ways in which an increase in recorded crime can be accounted for .
3 Still , the application of different principles of design at the two ends could be accounted for in one man 's work : either by supposing that he saw and was overwhelmed by the Theseion mural between designing the east and designing the west ; or , perhaps more convincingly , that he felt a traditional , sculptural style proper to the entrance-front while allowing himself at the back to experiment with a new pictorial interest .
4 As production is internationalized , an increased proportion of trade in manufactures would be accounted for by manufactured parts being shipped between branches of multinational corporations .
5 For example , has argued that variation in virulence among a variety of human diseases may be accounted for by differences in the relationship between virulence and transmission .
6 Discrepancies must be accounted for during the cost value reconciliation procedure ( see Chapter 11 ) .
7 Shares and warrants should be accounted for as required by paragraphs 33-42 .
8 Where the entitlement to dividends in respect of non-equity shares is calculated by reference to time , the dividends should be accounted for on an accruals basis .
9 On the other hand , if debt and warrants are issued simultaneously and the warrants can be cancelled or redeemed independently of the debt , the two components should be accounted for separately .
10 All capital instruments should be accounted for in the balance sheet within one of the following categories :
11 The [ draft ] FRS contains requirements for determining whether capital instruments should be accounted for as liabilities .
12 Thanks to this way of analysing the movement of to , the expressive effects of unexpectedness , good or bad luck and the like produced by the to infinitive in these cases can be accounted for .
13 our ILEA studies suggest that only about half the difference between reading scores of children from West Indian homes and their white counterparts may be accounted for by socio-economic factors .
14 If we postulate original figures : Israel 80,000 plus 30 " Ip ; Judah : 40,000 plus 70 " Ip , the present text of both Samuel and Chronicles can be accounted for thus :
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