Example sentences of "account for [adv] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the 365 visitors who gave the location of their permanent home , slightly more than a third ( 38% ) were from in or near Edinburgh , while the next largest group , accounting for just over a quarter ( 27% ) of those who replied , did not come from elsewhere in Scotland , but from parts of the UK outside Scotland . |
| 2 | In terms of current government spending , the most important item is social security , which accounts for just over a quarter of all public expenditure . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Textiles accounted for just over a third , after a slight increase that got through to profit . |
| 6 | Textiles accounted for just over a third , after a slight increase that got through to profit . |
| 7 | In-house work , which included scientific support projects as well as research , accounted for just over a quarter of the expenditure . |