Example sentences of "account [prep] the majority of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scrutiny of Table 7.1 reveals that hospital and maternity services account for the majority of funds . |
| 2 | This may be true , and many advertisers of these categories of goods — which tend to account for the majority of advertisements appearing on TV and in major national newspapers and magazines — behave as if they believe it . |
| 3 | Paradoxical pain may well exist but is neither well documented nor common ; it does not account for the majority of cases of uncontrolled pain , and we are not aware of any evidence that it was an important factor in the care of the patient in the recent highly publicised court case . |
| 4 | Even though the individual shopper will often find some functional justification for his or her particular choice , as being especially practical , other reasons , some of which will be analysed in later chapters , may be adduced , relating to social rather than functional considerations which may more convincingly account for the majority of purchases . |
| 5 | Table 8 , below , details the results obtained , and shows that although monographs accounted for the majority of issues , the demand for serials and newspapers was substantial , with one serial or newspaper being issued for every three monographs . |