Example sentences of "account for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investigation revealed the sale of at least 63 works in the past six months ; yesterday a source close to Charles Saatchi was prepared to concede that the volume of sales was higher than previously stated , and that the works disposed of account for some 10 to 12 per cent of the collection , which suggests a true figure of between 70 and 100 individual sales . |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi has major oil reserves which account for some 8% of |
| 3 | Introduced populations now feral in southern England probably account for some Sussex records , making the status of truly wild birds very difficult to assess . |
| 4 | The figures suggest that some 1200 excess cases of leukaemia may have been caused in Britain by the Windscale accident , since leukaemia deaths account for some 15 per cent of cancers attributable to nuclear accidents , the total toll of cancer deaths suggested is 8000 . |
| 5 | What the figures do n't show is the effect of the overall increase in labour turnover on standards : it ca n't have been good , and this helps account for some of the loss of business . |
| 6 | The differences in design account for some of the differences in safeguards . |
| 7 | Filter tip cigarettes , which account for some 97% of cigarettes sales in the UK , yield less tar than plain cigarettes although some filter brands yield more carbon monoxide . |
| 8 | ‘ Human capital ’ variables such as education and employment experience help account for some , but not all , of the variation within and between the sexes . |
| 9 | Patients with suspected iron deficiency anaemia account for some four per cent of the patients referred to our gastroenterology clinic . |
| 10 | Market loans account for some 26 per cent of banks ' sterling assets and are thus a major source of liquidity to individual banks . |
| 11 | All the major firms in the industry are members of the SWA , who consider they account for some 98% of the industry 's employment . |
| 12 | Critics of Balling 's work have suggested that , rather than showing that deserts account for some of the world temperature rise , the results may simply be demonstrating the fact that different types of land — notably desert — respond varyingly to the greenhouse effect . |
| 13 | The cause for GM 's concern is plain when one realises that its West European operations have emerged as the biggest profit earners in the entire group , accounting for some 37.3 per cent of net income in the last two years but for only 14.6 per cent of group turnover . |
| 14 | Nuclear energy will grow considerably but from a low base accounting for some 3% of total energy demand by the year 2000 from programmes underway in Brazil , Argentina and Mexico . |
| 15 | Accounting for some of the new instruments has not always been uniform , and a variety of arguments have been advanced to justify differing treatments . |
| 16 | IBM Corp says revenues from European sales of its RS/6000 machines rose by 28% during 1992 , accounting for some 43% — $1,000m — of its worldwide Unix market . |
| 17 | Women are most heavily concentrated in the sales and service sectors , accounting for some 60% to 70% of the work-force , generally speaking the worst paid areas of work . |
| 18 | As well as the qualitative benefits brought about by greater accuracy and timeliness of information , the efficiency of the system meant that it was possible for the integration of the personnel records and wages departments to be achieved with a 40 per cent reduction in staff , natural wastage and redeployment within the organisation accounting for some 20 individuals . |
| 19 | Agriculture contributed 11 per cent of GDP , with tobacco ( the main cash crop and export ) , sugar , maize , beef and cotton accounting for some two-thirds of the sector 's production . |
| 20 | That probably accounts for some of the scepticism after the decision to ape stock market precedent and end business barriers between underwriters . |
| 21 | That probably accounts for some of the scepticism after the decision to ape stock market precedent and end business barriers between underwriters . |
| 22 | The localization of material in the egg accounts for some of the differences between cells , and more are explained by induction , when folded sheets of cells come into contact . |
| 23 | Economic studies of cleaning , however , have shown that manual labour accounts for some 89 per cent of energy costs which themselves account for as much as 96 per cent of the total cleaning bill . |
| 24 | The American firm accounts for some 60 per cent of the world 's annual sales of computers and has a turnover around $30000 million . |
| 25 | At the risk of indelicacy , one would suggest that such a condition usually accounts for some five or six days of inactivity . |
| 26 | However , Mr Barber reports that the number of people planning to retire to a home in France now accounts for some 50% of enquiries . |
| 27 | It accounts for some 8.5 per cent of all take-home lager sales and is also sold in draught . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | For the entire period it accounts for some 70 per cent of the year-to-year variation in the rate of change of aggregate union membership . |
| 30 | This accounts for some of the hopefulness with which France was to look to her African possessions for military manpower in the twentieth century . |