Example sentences of "will account for " in BNC.

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1 The new shares will account for 25 per cent of the enlarged group and will be placed at 90p .
2 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 .
3 The saloon , which only has two doors and is not sold in Germany , will account for just a tiny fraction of the 37,000 cars Volkswagen intends to export to Britain during 1991 .
4 Interest earned on the proceeds of last year 's £572m rights issue will account for a sizeable slice .
5 The ‘ developing countries ’ of the third world will account for about 90% of the world 's population growth to the year 2000 .
6 The four major energy importers , Argentina , Brazil , Chile and Colombia , will account for about 40% of the growth in energy demand to the end of the century .
7 The other countries in Central America and the Caribbean will account for less than 10% of total energy demand growth .
8 Over 80% of Africa 's proved oil reserves lie in the four OPEC countries Nigeria , Algeria , Libya and Gabon and these countries will account for over 50% of oil consumption in the year 2000 .
9 The incidental carbohydrate in vegetables , nuts and other foods will account for most of your daily allowance .
10 CFCs are a fraction of the emissions of carbon dioxide but nevertheless it is estimated that , unless the Montreal Protocol is strengthened , CFCs will account for 13 per cent of global warming by 2030 .
11 The problem here is that while purse nets will account for all the rabbits leaving the netted holes — or those attempting to return via those holes — some rabbits will undoubtedly return to the warren via the unnetted holes .
12 Overseas businesses intending to adopt the simplification arrangements must send written notification to LVO 050 , Customs House , 28 Guild Street , Aberdeen , AB9 2DY , confirming : the overseas supplier 's name , address and VAT number ; brief details of the supplies to be made in the UK and when they are to start ; and the name , address and VAT number of the UK customer(s) who will account for the tax .
13 Where the publications are a supply for acquisition , the recipient subscriber will account for VAT in its member state although such publications are zero-rated in the UK , in other member states they are taxed at a reduced rate , and in Denmark they are taxed at 25% !
14 It is estimated that it will affect about 24% of EC traders within the UK , but will account for about 97% of all the trade .
15 This will account for the fact that although it is the obvious lesson of Darwinism that species mutate , they can not be said to be aware of this nor in any sense to change themselves .
16 Whatever understanding of societies we gain in future , we do not now have a theory of ideology capable of explaining the myriad ways in which individuals perceive their situations , nor a theory of the social determination of character that will account for the vicissitudes of history .
17 The company claims that servers will account for $1,000m of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now .
18 Since the developing world is growing faster , it is almost certain that by the turn of the century industrial countries will account for less than half of global output .
19 A year ago , applications software made up less than half Microsoft 's sales ; this year it will account for more than 60% .
20 As the polar headgroups of the lipid bilayer will account for some 6 to 10 of this distance , the overall stalk length , from the base of domain 2 to the cell surface , is likely to be less than 10 .
21 By 1997 it estimates development toolkits will account for 31.7% of the market , languages 25.7% , databases 25.6% and Case tools 17% .
22 By 1997 , says IDC , RISCs will account for a 65% share of the marketplace .
23 Olivetti , which supplies personal computers to DEC , expects Alpha and Intel Corp processors will each account for 35% of its hardware sales from 1995 , computer printers will account for 20% and other products 10% .
24 It cites the forecast of Hurwitz Consulting Group , Newton , Massachusetts that software products that incorporate object technology will account for over 60% of software sold in 1995 .
25 The company claims that servers will account for $1bn of its business by the end of the year — they account for around a third of Sun 's revenue now .
26 Aiming at corporate accounts , ICL claims these versions of OfficePower , along with implementations on other Unix platforms expected to be announced in the coming months , will account for over 70% of new licences for the software by the end of 1993 , by its reckoning some 140,000 out of 200,000 new seats it expects to win between now and then .
27 Absenteeism will account for some gaps , and temporary vacancies for inability to state a clerk 's name .
28 In pursuit of this goal , the grammarian will concentrate on a particular body of data and attempt to produce an exhaustive but economical set of rules which will account for all and only the acceptable sentences in his data .
29 We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them .
30 We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them .
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