ACCOUNTING in a Sentence
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400 example sentences for ACCOUNTING, such as:
1. There is no accounting for tastes.
2. It gives a fairly good account of the affair.
3. A job fell vacant in the accounting department.
4. This account gives you instant access to your money.
5. The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices.
2. It gives a fairly good account of the affair.
3. A job fell vacant in the accounting department.
4. This account gives you instant access to your money.
5. The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices.
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Meanings and Examples of ACCOUNTING
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accounting
n. a short account of the news
n. importance or value
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 There is no accounting for luck; Jove gives prosperity to rich and poor just as he chooses, so you must take what he has seen fit to send you, and make the best of it.
2 Nothing had ever suggested it before, but they felt that there was no other way of accounting for such attentions from such a quarter than by supposing a partiality for their niece.
3 Thus far there was no difficulty in accounting for his time--there were boys who had seen a man "acting sort of crazy" and motorists at whom he stared oddly from the side of the road.
4 There's no accounting for tastes and I've always heard the Irish were partial to pigs--kept them under their beds, in fact.
5 There is no accounting for tastes.
6 It gives a fairly good account of the affair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
7 Each had a long account of the affair, and some had leaders upon it in addition.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
8 If the man is caught, it will be on account of their exertions; if he escapes, it will be in spite of their exertions.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
9 This last was too much, however, and I gave him notice to leave on account of it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
10 He was reading a brown-backed volume, but as the crowd approached he laid it aside, and listened attentively to an account of the episode.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
11 The victims of persecution had now turned persecutors on their own account, and persecutors of the most terrible description.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
12 As to what occurred there, we cannot do better than quote the old hunter's own account, as duly recorded in Dr. Watson's Journal, to which we are already under such obligations.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
13 I've done my work now, and I don't care how soon I go, but I should like to leave some account of the business behind me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
14 I can vouch for the accuracy of the subjoined account, for I have had access to Lestrade's note-book, in which the prisoner's words were taken down exactly as they were uttered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
15 When he finished we sat for some minutes in a stillness which was only broken by the scratching of Lestrade's pencil as he gave the finishing touches to his shorthand account.
Example Sentence: (190 in 13 pages)
1 Conventional economic and accounting theory tends to assume that the process involved is highly rational and orderly.
2 Usually not run hair health meters, accounting for it is hard to carry on one hundred meters sprint.
3 This concept, called the accrual concept or matching principle, forms the basis for the measurement of accounting income.
4 Although the concept of fund accounting is relatively simple, specific applications of it can be difficult to understand.
5 The merger of these two companies would create the world's biggest accounting firm.
6 A job fell vacant in the accounting department.
7 Let us now examine the published accounts of a simplified local authority to see the effects of adopting fund accounting.
8 The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices.
9 The debate revolves around specific accounting techniques.
10 Our business and finance group is looking for a dynamic accountant to join accounting team in support of the Company's new area.
11 After the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors.
12 An expert in forensic accounting, according to a recent report in Newsweek, says the AIG scandal might get considerably worse than it already is.
13 Recent changes in accounting rules have forced companies in Britain to state much more accurately the true financial state of their pension funds.
14 It resolves shareholder allegations that Fannie Mae defrauded shareholders and inflated its stock by issuing false and misleading statements about its internal controls, capitalization, accounting, and exposure to subprime and low-documentation "Alt-A" mortgages.
15 This account gives you instant access to your money.