Example sentences of "for about [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Livestock , in the form of beef cattle and sheep , accounted for about 90% of the income . |
| 2 | The ‘ developing countries ’ of the third world will account for about 90% of the world 's population growth to the year 2000 . |
| 3 | Yet daytime is also believed to be responsible for about 75% of the visible signs of skin ageing . |
| 4 | If Mercury consists of a largely iron core and a largely silicate mantle , then the core would account for about 80% of the mass and about 40% of the volume , which would make Mercury richer in iron than any other planet . |
| 5 | The surface of Mercury , broadly speaking , can be divided into two types of terrain , heavily cratered terrain , which accounts for about 80% of the imaged hemisphere , and smooth plains , which accounts for the remainder . |
| 6 | It calculated that the difference between a good school and a bad one accounts for about 20% of the variation in children 's progress ( between the ages of seven and 11 ) in reading , writing and mathematics . |
| 7 | Trow ( 1974 , p. 6.3 ) has distinguished between elite and mass systems of higher education and argues that ‘ Countries that develop a system of elite higher education in modern times seem able to expand it without changing its character in fundamental ways until it is providing places for about 15% of the age grade . ’ |
| 8 | Europe presently accounts for about 45% of the company 's sales . |
| 9 | In general , the amounts of refluxed acid were low , the average person having acid in the oesophagus for about 3% of the recording time . |
| 10 | The four major energy importers , Argentina , Brazil , Chile and Colombia , will account for about 40% of the growth in energy demand to the end of the century . |
| 11 | They can go to work for Skillbase , and we guarantee minimum 90 days a year work for about 40% of the previous base pay . ’ |
| 12 | By that Mr Power means everything from advertising to warranty repairs , which can together account for about 35% of the price of an average car in America . |
| 13 | According to data collated from International Data Corp , Dataquest and CMP Market Research for 1992 , the dynamic data visualisation tools market accounts for about 49% of the workstation graphical user interface market but is growing at less than 10% a year . |
| 14 | By the year 2000 coal and nuclear will be the two leading fuels for electricity generation , accounting together for about 65% of the total . |
| 15 | From what I could see we looked absolutely first class for about 70% of the game . |