Example sentences of "account for its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shape and musculature of a dolphin do not alone account for its speed and swimming efficiency , and biologists have long been searching for features of the skin which may explain the mysteries of the dolphin 's swimming prowess . |
| 2 | That would account for its appeal to males of all ages , and equally explain the absence of females , whose finite universe has traditionally been provided by the home , housework , and the shopping . |
| 3 | It lies in sops or bellies , surrounded by hard rocks , which will readily account for its being suddenly lost ; and these sops or bellies , being generally at considerable distances , will equally well account for the difficulty with which it is commonly regained … ’ |
| 4 | And how can we account for its appearance now when less than two years ago , Reagan and his government-shrinking colleagues attempted an across-the-board 12-per cent blood-letting on the research and development budget they had inherited from Jimmy Carter ? |
| 5 | What alternative was offered , and how can we account for its lack of success and ultimate demise in the interwar period ? |
| 6 | If you have n't activated the turbo facility , the machine might not be running at 20MHz , which would account for its lousy games performance . |
| 7 | Its stimulant effect may account for its reputation as an aphrodisiac , its generic name being thought to come from satyr , S. hortensis ( summer savory ) is the annual ; S. montana ( winter savory ) a perennial shrub , whose leaves have a stronger , but less pleasant flavour . |
| 8 | I can not account for its striking me more now than any other day , but it was as if new to me ; and I listened to every sentence he spoke as if to a musical composition . ’ |
| 9 | A unique property of elemental diet , which might account for its effectiveness in acute Crohn 's disease is its hypoallergenic nature . |
| 10 | This may account for its use even by white speakers like Susan , and " minimal " black Creole speakers like Joan : though whether their use of these forms would be judged correct by JC speakers is difficult to say . |