Example sentences of "and now account [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With little promotional support , cask ale sales are rising and now account for 20 per cent of the total beer market . |
| 2 | In Java , homegardens have increased in extent in the last 50 years and now account for c. 18.5 per cent of agricultural land . |
| 3 | They were both introduced in 1979 and now account for 30 per cent of sales in the US of Z80-type microprocessors . |
| 4 | Trimphones were introduced in the 1960s as an alternative to the conventional type of ‘ phone , and now account for almost 6 per cent of all Britain 's telephones . |
| 5 | Specific grants have increased in importance since 1974 and now account for approximately a quarter of current grants ( excluding the housing benefit scheme ) from central government to local authorities . |
| 6 | Investment accounts have offered competitive rates in the late 1980 's and now account for over 22 per cent of the total assets portfolio . |
| 7 | In 1785 nine ports exceeded 10,000 tons and now accounted for 86.5 per cent . |
| 8 | During the year , traffic with China grew more than 30% against an average 26% for all international traffic , and now accounts for 44% of all international traffic ; it should pass 50% in the next two or three years , the company says . |
| 9 | But open-bridging is a big business and now accounts for borrowing of about £430 million a year . |
| 10 | Structural innovation means the introduction of new credit instruments or the development of new kinds of business by banks , such as the invention by Citibank of Certificates of Deposit in 1965 or the introduction of Money Market Funds and NOW accounts by Merrill Lynch in the mid-1970s . |