Sentences with account for
ac·count for
A a - Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover? [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- The President and the President alone must account for his government's reforms. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for. [be VERB-ed PREPOSITION]
- In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- I don't have to account for anything to you. The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed.
- The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.
- German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.
- Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.
- An account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- On this account I'm refusing your offer.
- Things of no account.
- In his account it was an excellent piece of work.
- My account is now with Third National.
- Do you have an account at this store? My account with the restaurant is past due.
- The toothpaste account was awarded to a new agency last year.
- To account for the accident.
- To account for the missing typewriters.
- The humidity accounts for our discomfort. His reckless driving accounted for the accident.
- I account myself well paid.
- The many virtues accounted to him.
- Call them to account for having endangered their lives.
- She gave a good account of herself in the tennis tournament.
- If any of the silver is missing, I'm going to hold you to account.
- I can't pay the balance, but here's $10 on account.
- She saw it through on account of me.
- On no account should you buy that painting without having it appraised.
- One must take account of the difficult circumstances. Taking account of the high overhead, the price is not excessive.
- She has turned her misfortunes to account.