Example sentences of "it accounted for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year it accounted for 48% of the 178,000 cars sold in Indonesia and 57% of the 289,000 motorbikes . |
| 2 | It accounted for any number of recognisable types . |
| 3 | In 1947 it accounted for 9 per cent of the secondary-school population , but in 1967 for only 5.5 per cent — made up by 1.4 per cent in Public Schools narrowly defined , and 3.9 per cent in other independent schools . |
| 4 | It accounted for more than half the structures at Chalton but at Bishopstone , where the extent of erosion was even greater and the excavation not total , there is less evidence of such planning although traces of fence lines attached to buildings were located . |
| 5 | Lotus Development Corp president Jim Manzi says that the company 's flagship 1-2-3 spreadsheet may account for less than 50% of total revenues this quarter , for the first time in the company 's history — it accounted for 74% in 1991 ; he also says that lower marketing and development costs should allow the company to deliver an operating margin of 15% to 18% next year . |
| 6 | It accounted for all or most of the rise in population in some of Europe 's most rapidly ageing countries , such as Germany , Italy and Sweden . |
| 7 | MUA says it accounted for at least 25% of SCO 's revenues in this area . |
| 8 | Mr Hobbs said the loss of the Chicago service was a ‘ real blow ’ for Stansted , although it accounted for less than two per cent of the airport 's traffic . |
| 9 | By 1989 , it accounted for 80% of profits of £71.4 million . |
| 10 | The land tax accounted for the lion 's share of total government revenue throughout the 1870s and 1880s , and it was only towards the end of the century that it accounted for less than 50 per cent of tax income . |
| 11 | This suggests that migration 's role in swelling the South 's labour force is restricted to non-manual workers , for whom the South provided 61 per cent of the movers ' destinations , while it accounted for only 52 per cent of points of departure . |
| 12 | Art came second , with more space devoted to it than either maths or language ; it accounted for just over a quarter of all curriculum-specific work areas for younger pupils , and a fifth of those for older pupils . |
| 13 | Thus , although material tailored to specific professional roles was delivered in only 16 per cent of courses , it accounted for well over a quarter of all the teacher-days devoted to primary INSET , a proportion of time exactly equal to that spent on all individual areas of the curriculum together . |
| 14 | The public sector now only contributes around 17% of GDFCF , yet as recently as the late 1960s , it accounted for over 50% . |
| 15 | It accounted for more than a third of the overall increase in recorded crime this year . |
| 16 | EC Industry Ministers failed on Dec. 22 , 1989 , to reach agreement on measures to liberalize the systems for public procurement in the EC , regarded as one of the most important aspects of the single market process , since it accounted for some 15 per cent of total gross national product ( GNP ) of the 12 member countries . |
| 17 | Although late rebleeding often occurred and resulted in readmission to hospital , it accounted for only a minority of deaths . |