Example sentences of "and account for [det] " in BNC.

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1 These predisposed patterns are known as co-occurrences or collocations , and account for many English word combinations .
2 Using the Black-Scholes model , evaluate the following calls and puts and compare your answers with the market values given below and account for any discrepancies : .
3 As production increased farmers had a growing surplus over their household requirements and sold an increasing proportion of their crop , reaching 60 per cent in 1985 and in 1988 , and accounting for half of the national marketed production .
4 These are confined to the Coccoidea , where the best known is carminic acid , the colouring principle of cochineal , found in the eggs and fat body of the female Dactylopius coccus and accounting for half its body weight .
5 This is a common confusion and accounts for many weak arguments in sociology and elsewhere .
6 Much inter-bank lending in Eurocurrency takes place and accounts for much of the business .
7 This effort to unite what can not be united lies at the heart of the haiku and accounts for some of its tense , sad loveliness .
8 Once a year the magazine includes an Annual Report and Accounts for those who wish to look more deeply into Society affairs .
9 The dorsal fin is decorated with a black oval over a white backing and accounts for another popular name for this species , the Hi-Spot Rasbora .
10 PSR1706–44 lies within the 1° radius error circle of the COS-B source 2CG342–02 at ( epoch 1950 coordinates are used throughout ) and accounts for most , if not all , of the γ -ray flux from the area .
11 On many occasions we have increased the sensitivity of our measurements or made a new class of observations , only to discover new phenomena that were not predicted by the existing theory , and to account for these we have had to develop a more advanced theory .
12 These were , in descending order of status , the bushi ( warriors ) or samurai , who were the ruling class ; the peasantry , which owed its second ranking to its fundamental role in the national economy and accounted for some 80 per cent of the population ; the artisans ; and the merchants and traders .
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