Example sentences of "account for [det] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lineage-based development , with its dependence on cytoplasmic localization , can account for much of the sea-squirt development but the idea should not be taken too far . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This structural and molecular homology may account for many of the functional similarities that exist between IP 3 Rs and RYRs . |
| 4 | Those extra 1 million pensioners must account for many of the additional claimants . |
| 5 | These results indicate that a pretranslational mechanism contributes to the reduction in ATF1 protein levels observed during differentiation but may not account for all of the reduction . |
| 6 | But it does n't actually account for all of the overtime that we 've spent not directly anyway . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The incidental carbohydrate in vegetables , nuts and other foods will account for most of your daily allowance . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Both of these would account for most of the variations in the different rates of fall . |
| 11 | Rather than risk a clash between the Cha and Legislative Council models , China has opted to muddy the waters by indicating support for proposals unexpectedly advanced last month by Lo Tak-shing , of the New Hong Kong Alliance , for a ‘ bicameral ’ legislature , in which directly elected seats would account for half of a single house . |
| 12 | Hi-Tec hopes North America , which lifted sales and profits by 20 per cent , and Europe will account for half of group turnover by early 1991 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But sadly , the general quality of fishkeeping books is not good , I feel , which may account for some of the specific problems we encounter . |
| 15 | The note indicates that the rate of increase is higher than that for restaurant prices in general over this period , and this could account for some of the reduction in business . |
| 16 | For all that , I conclude that the postulated underlying rules for development may usefully account for some of the variation in human sexual behaviour and possibly even the variation in marriage laws . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , not all studies have used proper controls and this may account for some of the contradictory results reported . |