Example sentences of "account for [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Skippers in the Scottish white fish fleet , which accounts for most of the UK 's North Sea haddock catch , are particularly aggrieved at the EC 's ‘ swingeing ’ cut in quota this year . |
| 32 | This pattern holds for nitrate , which accounts for most of the nitrogen in the bay , and especially for nitrogen from ammonia , which , though a small part of the total , is far more prevalent in rainwater than in run-off . |
| 33 | While the private person/other distinction accounts for most of the variance , it does not explain it all . |
| 34 | Perhaps lack of guilt , rather than lots of wine and foie gras , accounts for most of the difference . |
| 35 | Because hydrogen accounts for most of the mass of Jupiter , and , as you shall see , of Saturn , it is very important to consider the behaviour of hydrogen within such planets . |
| 36 | Higher excise duty accounts for most of the difference , stores like Tesco reckon it 's losing them sales of half a billion pounds a year . |
| 37 | The various explanations for communication failure that have been proposed — including not taking account of properties of the stimulus array , not asking questions , failing to perceive the role of the message , and having insufficient cognitive space to monitor the activity — seem to account for many of the experimental findings . |
| 38 | This would help to account for some of the extra calories expelled in the faeces of those consuming fibre-rich foods . |
| 39 | Abrams attempted to account for some of the striking variations in ‘ neighbour behaviour ’ which he found in different areas . |
| 40 | In an attempt to account for some of the peculiarities of the sternopleural region , Ferris ( 1940 , etc. ) has argued that the greater part of the ventral side of the thorax of some insects is derived from pleural structures , but further critical study of his theory is necessary . |
| 41 | Japan did not , moreover , have a primate city that accounted for most of the urban population . |
| 42 | Lineage-based development , with its dependence on cytoplasmic localization , can account for much of the sea-squirt development but the idea should not be taken too far . |
| 43 | Its use for examination purposes is clearly a rather restricted justification , although it may account for much of the labelling of ‘ failure ’ which the working-class child experiences . |
| 44 | This structural and molecular homology may account for many of the functional similarities that exist between IP 3 Rs and RYRs . |
| 45 | Those extra 1 million pensioners must account for many of the additional claimants . |
| 46 | These results indicate that a pretranslational mechanism contributes to the reduction in ATF1 protein levels observed during differentiation but may not account for all of the reduction . |
| 47 | But it does n't actually account for all of the overtime that we 've spent not directly anyway . |
| 48 | Solution compaction between grains reduces the effective intergranular porosity within a grainy sediment ( Fig. 5.19b ) and is therefore important in reservoir evaluation ; in some cases solution compaction may account for most of the overall porosity reduction . |
| 49 | Both of these would account for most of the variations in the different rates of fall . |
| 50 | There were probably plants living in hilly regions from quite early which have left little fossil record , and this may account for some of the gaps in the preserved fossils . |
| 51 | But sadly , the general quality of fishkeeping books is not good , I feel , which may account for some of the specific problems we encounter . |
| 52 | The note indicates that the rate of increase is higher than that for restaurant prices in general over this period , and this could account for some of the reduction in business . |
| 53 | For all that , I conclude that the postulated underlying rules for development may usefully account for some of the variation in human sexual behaviour and possibly even the variation in marriage laws . |
| 54 | Doubts were expressed about the authorship of the early ‘ St Jerome in the Wilderness ’ from São Paulo although the poor condition of the surface may account for some of the picture 's awkwardness . |
| 55 | Such factors as incentives , motivation , perseverance , and the like may account for some of the proportion allocated to education ; and these factors may be partly the effects of education and partly its causes . |
| 56 | Unfortunately , not all studies have used proper controls and this may account for some of the contradictory results reported . |
| 57 | Tim James , the council 's urban woodlands officer , said : ‘ Dutch elm disease has killed some of the trees and the high winds have accounted for some of the pine and larch . |
| 58 | 's ( 1965 ) three dimensions and in a survey of heads of household in Illinois , found that socioeconomic status generally accounted for more of the rural-urban variation than either occupation or residence , and then rejected Bealer 's approach when they argued that future work should concentrate on single-dimension variables . |
| 59 | Silage and hay conservation accounted for most of the contract work . |
| 60 | ‘ Bouncing off the sides or front on to the ground , being hit by other children , or just falling awkwardly while on the inflatable accounted for most of the injuries , ’ says the report . |