Example sentences of "[noun pl] account for [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owner occupiers account for 23pc of households and the inclusion of work to their properties would have a beneficial effect on the overall scheme , members heard . |
| 2 | Small reckons that foxes account for £2,000 worth of lambs a year ( assuming £35 for a store lamb ) on his farm . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the interactive development tool and user interface management systems sectors account for 47% of the market but are growing at 65% per year . |
| 4 | Taken together the Food/drink and Office machinery sectors account for 56% of Scotland 's exports . |
| 5 | For instance , other EMS currencies account for 72% of the French franc 's trade-weighted basket , and the dollar accounts for 44% of the yen 's . |
| 6 | Is it not the pride of the industry that although sales in Britain account for only 8% of the world total , British recordings account for 22% ? |
| 7 | There are also an application development and a manufacturing technology transfer operation : together , the work done by these for third parties account for 10% of the turnover of Montpellier . |
| 8 | Schools accounted for 45% of candidates but only 26% of module enrolments . |
| 9 | Dividing the market into languages and programming environments , application development toolkits , object-oriented database management systems , and Case tools , Ovum says sales of languages and programming environments accounted for 58% of the object-oriented market last year , development toolkits 27% , Case tools 9.3% and databases 5.7% . |
| 10 | According to IDC figures , shipments through indirect channels accounted for 40% of all Unix sales in 1991 , a figure likely to rise to 55% by 1997 . |
| 11 | These companies account for 82% of Scotch Whisky output . |
| 12 | The nine leading companies account for 82% of SWA output ( by volume ) and just under 93% of employment . |
| 13 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and for 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 14 | Excise duties account for 54% of the retail price of a typically priced bottle of Scotch and are 42% and 18% of the retail price of typical wine and beer products respectively . |
| 15 | The EC and EFTA countries account for 70% of Scotland 's exports compared with 68% in last year 's survey . |
| 16 | Sotheby 's Graf Douglas has ‘ complete confidence in Berlin ’ Private buyers account for 80% |
| 17 | Home shopping through its mail-order catalogues accounts for 42% of the business and saw profits increase to £81.5m . |
| 18 | Last week 96% of the 60,000 bales on offer were snapped up ; Japanese buyers accounted for 35% . |
| 19 | The 1977 Royal Commission on the Press found that for a quality newspaper , production costs accounted for 31% of total costs ; the next largest group of costs were attributed to newsprint and ink . |
| 20 | Renault has played an important role in this change , with the popularity of Renault diesel engines reflected in the way diesel versions accounted for 16% of all Clio sales in the UK during the last quarter of 1992 . |
| 21 | As a relatively small number of library authorities carry out a high amount of training , so a small number of libraries spend a high proportion of the money budgeted : 19 libraries accounted for 55% of this money , although employing just under a quarter of all staff . |
| 22 | With farm exports accounting for 70% of New Zealand 's exports , that would be good news for the entire economy . |
| 23 | Standard Life is one of the major equity investors in the U.K. with ordinary share investments accounting for 2% of the U.K. equity market . |
| 24 | 6% of cereal producers accounting for 60% of the production . |
| 25 | Revenue from sales of X terminals accounted for 62% , or $499m , of the 1992 figure , a 39% increase on the previous year 's sales . |
| 26 | Sales of X terminals accounted for $155.2m , or 55% of the total . |
| 27 | These studies accounted for 22% of published original articles by 1991 . |
| 28 | Division One teams accounted for £46m of the business as they adopted a Premier League or bust approach and clubs from the Third and Fourth Divisions made a net profit of more than £7m on dealings . |
| 29 | Like DEC , IBM took a 15% , £52.5m share of the 1992 UK workstation market , HP accounted for 11% — £38.5m — Sun took the lion share with 41% or £143.5m , whilst other vendors accounted for 18% — £63m . |
| 30 | Like DEC , IBM took a 15% , £52.5m share of the 1992 UK workstation market , Hewlett-Packard accounted for 11% — £38.5m — Sun took the lion 's share with 41% or £143.5m , while other vendors accounted for 18% — £63m . |