Example sentences of "[adv] attributed to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the indifference to time generally attributed to medieval people was not absolute . |
| 2 | These disparities are largely attributed to poor educational attainment — too many people leaving at the statutory school leaving age with few or no qualifications , too few continuing their education and too few entering higher education . |
| 3 | The poor showing of Britain 's men in last year 's World Championships was widely attributed to insufficient recovery time between the trial and the championships . |
| 4 | The relative lack of progress on START and in particular the multilateral CFE negotiations ( being conducted in Vienna within the framework of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe , CSCE — see p. 37335 ) since the Malta summit were widely attributed to Soviet concern over the pace and implications of German unification , and whether a unified Germany could be allowed to be a member of NATO . |
| 5 | The drop in support for the government parties after less than five months in power was widely attributed to growing scepticism about whether the government could produce a workable programme to tackle the country 's economic crisis . |
| 6 | The United States ambassador Thomas Stroock was recalled to Washington on March 5 for consultations , in protest at the failure of the government of President Vinicio Cerezo to contain an upsurge in assassinations widely attributed to right-wing extremists in the Army . |
| 7 | The outputs ratio is the standard method of apportioning the ‘ residue ’ of input tax ( for example , that on overheads ) which is reclaimable along with that directly attributed to taxable supplies : residue of input tax times the value of taxable supplies divided by the value of all supplies gives the residue of input tax . |
| 8 | The strength of the West German mark in the last quarter of 1989 and first quarter of 1990 , following the Bundesbank 's increase in its discount and Lombard rates [ see p.37165 ] , was also attributed to political optimism surrounding the economic and monetary union of East and West Germany . |
| 9 | This difference was partly attributed to differing calculation methods as to the time span over which PWRs should be depreciated and the rate of return expected from investment . |
| 10 | Symptoms may therefore be erroneously attributed to other non-inflammatory conditions . |
| 11 | The discontent of the housewife is often attributed to contemporary values . |
| 12 | In patients who undergo surgery recurrence and death are often attributed to unsuspected early metastatic disease the presence of which has been documented in necropsies performed relatively soon after surgery . |
| 13 | Ironically , Leeds failed partly because they adopted a tactic so often attributed to Scottish football , the aimless high ball . |
| 14 | Bits and scraps about policy and plans are often attributed to high sources , including the highest of all in health politics , Hillary Rodham Clinton . |
| 15 | Sporadic outbreaks of fighting reported during March were mainly attributed to unruly rebel troops . |
| 16 | The fall was mainly attributed to poor results at Keebler , its US snacks and biscuits operation . |
| 17 | Writers have frequently attributed to cross-national research the important advantage of throwing light on one 's own country and helping one to understand it better , undermining the ‘ in-bred prejudices or preconceived ideas ’ that attend a parochial approach ( e.g. Schregle 1981 : 28 ) . |
| 18 | Nor is it surprising that there is nothing that can be firmly attributed to Christian influence within the first sixty-five titles . |
| 19 | 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 . |