Example sentences of "may account for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This structural and molecular homology may account for many of the functional similarities that exist between IP 3 Rs and RYRs . |
| 2 | Greater specialization within some regional police forces may account for such a strong discrepancy . |
| 3 | They are not necessarily extravagant but devote themselves to appearance as to a very demanding goddess whose exigencies may account for that well-kempt , bad tempered look most of them adopt . |
| 4 | Indeed , coastal trading may be the only explanation for the peculiar distributions of some species , e.g. Exotheca abyssinica ( Gramineae ) in tropical East Africa and Vietnam and may account for that of Stylosanthes humilis ( ‘ S. sundaica' , Leguminosae ) , which was perhaps taken from Brazil to Malesia by the Portuguese . |
| 5 | Its use for examination purposes is clearly a rather restricted justification , although it may account for much of the labelling of ‘ failure ’ which the working-class child experiences . |
| 6 | Solution compaction between grains reduces the effective intergranular porosity within a grainy sediment ( Fig. 5.19b ) and is therefore important in reservoir evaluation ; in some cases solution compaction may account for most of the overall porosity reduction . |
| 7 | Several factors may account for this observation . |
| 8 | Resentment at the younger Despenser 's dominance at court , and his own links with the marchers who formed the core of the opposition — his daughter Elizabeth married the son and heir of Roger Mortimer , eighth Baron of Wigmore [ q.v. ] , in 1316 — may account for this dramatic change of sides . |
| 9 | Slight differences between the sequences of the specific binding sites found in the region of the IE-3 and gene 62 mRNA start sites may account for this functional inconsistency . |
| 10 | There were probably plants living in hilly regions from quite early which have left little fossil record , and this may account for some of the gaps in the preserved fossils . |
| 11 | But sadly , the general quality of fishkeeping books is not good , I feel , which may account for some of the specific problems we encounter . |
| 12 | Doubts were expressed about the authorship of the early ‘ St Jerome in the Wilderness ’ from São Paulo although the poor condition of the surface may account for some of the picture 's awkwardness . |
| 13 | Such factors as incentives , motivation , perseverance , and the like may account for some of the proportion allocated to education ; and these factors may be partly the effects of education and partly its causes . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , not all studies have used proper controls and this may account for some of the contradictory results reported . |
| 15 | As the severity of Crohn 's disease and linear growth velocity during the first two years of follow up among males and females were comparable , it is possible that varying demands on growth during normal puberty may account for these differences . |