on account
Example Sentences
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Then Hegel’s prose, as quoted by Judis, gets more purple: These world-historical leaders “appear to have done everything under the impulse of some passion, more grand — some morbid craving — and on account of these passions and cravings to have not been moral men.”
From Salon
The ship’s log summary made note of “a large bay, which they named ‘the Bay of the Smokes,’ on account of the many smokes they saw there.”
From Los Angeles Times
The bank thinks recent share price weakness in Continental had effectively discounted any such sale even happening on account of recent uncertainty in raw material prices and availability, rates and valuations.
Demand for telecom towers in the region has accelerated on account of a growing population and rising demand for smartphones and mobile broadband.
She was the only member of an 11-member executive team to lose her job and, according to the complaint, had just been awarded a “merit increase” on account of her “overall job performance.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
