Example sentences of "be ascribed to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is wide agreement that the recent forest damage can predominantly be ascribed to atmospheric pollution even if there remains uncertainty concerning which pollutants are to blame at which locations and what the response mechanisms are for triggering damage , as well as over how the contributing natural stress factors should be weighted ( Hinrichsen , 1986 ) . |
| 2 | Another significant finding was that there was no difference in basal UOS pressure in children whose problems could be ascribed to oesophagopharyngeal reflux when compared with children in other groups . |
| 3 | The literariness of poetic rhythm , for example , can not necessarily be ascribed to mere rhythm , but will more likely derive from disruption of the rhythm . |
| 4 | The legal debate in involuntary manslaughter is over the lower threshold of homicide liability — where to draw the line between manslaughter and killings which should be ascribed to mere accident . |
| 5 | Only one in 12 instances of poor quality can be ascribed to insufficient effort by the practitioner . |
| 6 | Such individuals , because of their active interests and state of mind , do tend to live longer than those who are not so active and aware , but whether this can be ascribed to homoeopathic treatment or whether it is a spin-off of their state of mind is a moot point . |
| 7 | Over half the issues of British public libraries can be ascribed to recreational reading , although — as will be seen — public libraries are rarely arranged to suit the recreational approach . |
| 8 | Identifying as unquestionably spontaneous whatever can not even on the most indulgent interpretation be ascribed to considered choice , what will be the place of spontaneity in our model of the rational man ? |
| 9 | In conclusion , the nativistic position presented by McNeill and Chomsky may have overestimated the contribution to language learning which must be ascribed to innate knowledge and underrepresented the part played by child-environment interactions . |
| 10 | In the pre-Hellenistic sections of the Bible there is no notion that can be ascribed to Greek influence : indeed there is no certain Greek word . |