Example sentences of "[noun sg] account for most " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the private person/other distinction accounts for most of the variance , it does not explain it all . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , variceal haemorrhage was the cause of death in almost half the patients who died during their first hospital admission while infection and hepatorenal failure accounted for most of the rest . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The societies , plus Abbey National — which became a bank when it floated in 1989 — currently have a market share of about 85% , with banks and centralised lenders such as The Mortgage Corporation accounting for most of the remaining 15% . |
| 5 | Silage and hay conservation accounted for most of the contract work . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Servicing of the foreign debt accounted for most of the increase in spending . |
| 8 | But there was no necessary correlation between population and wealth ; Midhurst compares unfavourably with its neighbourhood only because village wealth was boosted by a handful of big landowners whose personalty accounted for most of it . |