Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] can [be] attribute to " in BNC.

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1 The lack of evidence using standard EOG measures can be attributed to the degeneration of the retina in these subjects .
2 In general , a large proportion of bile duct injuries can be attributed to the learning experience of the surgeon .
3 How much of this former water erosion can be attributed to pluvial phases in the Pleistocene is very doubtful .
4 Much of the frantic activity in the share register can be attributed to the arbitrageurs rather than the titans of the motor industry .
5 This paper trail can be attributed to the demands made on electronically stored information by local and national governments , companies , charities , service providers ( e.g. medical staff ) , and individuals .
6 We conclude , from equation ( 5 ) , that the overall entropy change can be attributed to a mean entropic cost per rotor of ∼6 kJ mol -1 ( TΔS at 300 K ) .
7 Tivoli 's boss , ex-IBMer Frank Moss , believes that in many organisations up to 40% of the cost of owning Unix kit can be attributed to managing systems that are distributed across networks .
8 Tivoli 's boss , ex-IBMer Frank Moss , believes that in many organisations up to 40% of the cost of owning Unix kit can be attributed to managing systems that are distributed across networks .
9 The impact of the polymerase chain reaction can be attributed to its practical simplicity and to its speed , sensitivity , and specificity .
10 Whether such a ferret fatality can be attributed to it remaining unmated is highly debatable .
11 The deviations of real gases from ideal gas behaviour can be attributed to the attractive forces between gas molecules ; the volume of a gas molecule ( the kinetic theory assumes this is negligible ) .
12 The Symon Unconformity has been picked at the base of a thin coal sequence which might correspond to the Phillipsii Chronozone of the upper Westphalian C. Thus a limited gas potential can be attributed to the base of the Barren Measures sequence .
13 Whereas reports of point mutations that reduce or abolish DNA binding can be attributed to DNA sequence-specificity ( 37 , 38 ) , the effect of such mutations on the structure of the binding region can not be easily measured .
14 It would appear that this closure and the consequent employment effects can be attributed to the government 's failure to sanction the deal with Leyland Vehicles earlier in the year , as a result of the political pressure imposed .
15 One third of fertility problems can be attributed to women , one third to the man and the remaining third , a combination of both partners .
16 As with fish , most health problems can be attributed to water conditions , or to stress .
17 ‘ There is now not the slightest doubt that a part of the increased number of cancer cases can be attributed to the effects of the many new chemicals present in the environment ’ , he reported .
18 Superspecs produce only 6.5 — an important feature when buyers consider that a large percentage of heat loss can be attributed to air leakage or draughts .
19 Conversation is fast , and to some extent this failure of the foreign language learner can be attributed to the slow processing of language knowledge .
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