Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The predominance of males , particularly in the physical sciences and engineering , throughout the Western world can no longer be satisfactorily attributed to cognitive differences , which are too small , nor to institutional factors . |
| 2 | Nationalism is linked to deep-rooted human instincts and can not be easily ascribed to clever politicians . |
| 3 | But having done so , they go on to argue that experiences , being essentially mental , can not be properly ascribed to non-mental subjects , and immediately expose themselves to a question about the true identity of their bearers and the criteria under which experiences can be ascribed to them . |
| 4 | Much of the earlier work was done on Mediterranean terraces and these , as well as many of the terraces in other areas , can not be directly related to Pleistocene events . |
| 5 | The second group consists of ‘ public goods ’ that can not be directly allocated to particular individuals ( e.g. , defence ) . |
| 6 | I have been talking only about directors who own their own company but the concept of restricting earnings can often be profitably applied to other employees . |
| 7 | The information obtained from spectroscopic studies can then be directly related to unperturbed individual molecules . |
| 8 | Symptoms may therefore be erroneously attributed to other non-inflammatory conditions . |