Example sentences of "account for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Most have been found in graves especially at Faversham which accounts for about two-thirds of all such beads found in England . |
| 32 | In Britain and in the Netherlands it accounts For about 10 per cent of the total consumption of sugar , in Ireland for 8 per cent , in Germany and France for about 5 per cent . |
| 33 | The Middle East accounts for about one-third of Western Europe 's imports , just over 10% of the USA 's , 65% of Japan 's and 39% of Latin America 's . |
| 34 | Your brain accounts for about two per cent of your body weight . |
| 35 | The unfair dismissal jurisdiction accounts for about three-quarters of the business of the tribunals . |
| 36 | International cargo carriage now accounts for about 75 per cent of airfreight movements . |
| 37 | The evidence for this is derived from reported clinical and autopsy data in which macrovascular disease accounts for about 75 per cent of all deaths in diabetics , compared to approximately 50 per cent in the non-diabetic population ( Ganda , 1980 ) . |
| 38 | Animal protection groups claim that the EC cosmetic industry accounts for about 50000 of the 200000 tests carried out worldwide on animals . |
| 39 | Africa 's main energy consumer is South Africa which accounts for about one-quarter of oil consumption . |
| 40 | Local Government accounts for about one-quarter of all public expenditure in the United Kingdom . |
| 41 | Neither the very big and important financial futures business , which accounts for about 155 of the AFBD 's 400 members , nor the equally important oil market , is represented by the nine elected council members . |
| 42 | This accounts for about 30 per cent of all deaths from cancer ; the second largest source of cancer mortality is lung cancer for men ( 33 per cent of all deaths ) and breast cancer for women ( 20 per cent ) of all cancer deaths . |
| 43 | Low-level ozone , so called to distinguish it from the naturally forming ozone in the stratosphere which accounts for about 90 per cent of the ozone in the atmosphere , is created by the action of sunlight on oxides of nitrogen and reactive hydrocarbons ( volatile organic compounds ) emitted by vehicles and industry . |
| 44 | At present the UK accounts for about 1.5–2 per cent of research spending on superconductivity , and NCS wants this to increase to match the UK share of all research ( currently about 5 per cent of the world total ) . |
| 45 | The FDA was quoted as saying that the asthma drug Intal , which accounts for about half of Fisons ' pharmaceutical sales , was still on sale despite ‘ violations ’ only because of its medical necessity . |
| 46 | Meningococcal meningitis accounts for about half Britain 's cases and usually affects small children and young adults . |
| 47 | The average duration of use of heroin by clients of the three agencies is about one to three years , a habit length which accounts for about half to two-thirds of the users known to each agency . |
| 48 | Initially , most of these sales were made through mail order specialists but retail has become a growing sector and today accounts for about half of current sales . |
| 49 | For example , the width of the five grades is not consistent , and grade 3 not only accounts for about half the land , but also covers a much wider range of possibilities than , say , grade 1 ( Gilg , 1975a ) , and even the subsequent sub-division of grade 3 in the 1970s can not be applied objectively ( Worthington , 1982 ) . |
| 50 | Capital expenditure on our refineries , including environmental and mandatory investments to improve product quality , now accounts for about half of BP Oil 's capital budget . |
| 51 | Binder found an excess of 1000 cells/mm 2 lamina propria in mildly active UC compared with controls , and assuming specific gravity=1 and that lamina propria accounts for about half the weight of a biopsy specimen , the excess number of cells in lamina propria of a 10 mg specimen=150000 . |
| 52 | The first quarter figures showed that problems remain in its key consumer electronics market , which used to account for about half the group 's total revenue . |
| 53 | Index linked National Savings Certificates were popular up until the early 1980's , but with a fall in inflation they have tended to be eclipsed by the popularity of fixed interest certificates which accounted for about 16 per cent of total assets in 1990 . |
| 54 | The latter can be very influential , since in 1981 they accounted for about four-fifths of home loans outstanding and made some two-thirds of net advances for house purchases ( table 5. 1 ) . |
| 55 | Instead they pointed to the growth in development funds contributed from abroad , which accounted for about 80 per cent of the development budget at the beginning of 1990 . |
| 56 | The NRA estimates that oil and sewage sources each accounted for about 20 per cent of the total reported incidents with farm and industrial incidents accounting for about 10 per cent each . |
| 57 | This latest outbreak of sectarian fighting , momentarily stilled by a government-mediated ceasefire on July 21 , came as Sunni groups voiced opposition to the government 's apparently conciliatory approach to the Shias ( who accounted for about 20 per cent of the country 's population ) . |
| 58 | Affiliates of TNCs accounted for about one-eighth of the Third World food processing industry , and about 90 per cent of this was in the branded goods and the export sector . |
| 59 | One must recognise that Sunday business can account for about 25 per cent . |
| 60 | If one adds late-night opening , it can account for about 40 per cent . |