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

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1 In contrast to the preceding period , none of this rise can be attributed to the investment of current account surpluses .
2 Though there is no reason to think that the kings of Cyrene had actually helped Inaros at the beginning of the revolt , the fall of the Persian-backed Cyrenaean monarchy at about this period can be attributed to the infectious restlessness of Egypt next door , cp. below , p. 61 .
3 Not a small part of this success can be attributed to our growing team of new writers .
4 A good deal of this position can be attributed to discrimination on the part of employers .
5 Once again , however , Communist inability to consolidate this position can be attributed to a combination of swift and effective repression of Communism in Latin America ( partly a response to their increased support , partly due to the onset of the Cold War and the pro-US orientation of most Latin American regimes in the late 1940s and 1950s ) and failures in tactics by the parties .
6 Some of this increase can be attributed to the evaporation of remaining nitric acid from the condensed phase as temperatures rise .
7 Smoking is the main cause of chronic obstructive lung disease : it is very rare in nonsmokers and at least 90% of the deaths from this disease can be attributed to cigarette smoking [ 5 ] .
8 Most of these acts can be attributed to the emotion of compassion , referred to earlier in this book as probably being one of the earliest of human emotions to emerge from the dawning of civilisation .
9 If a class is to lay plans there must be a strategist who assesses the circumstances , evaluates possible outcomes and decides what to do ; and while these properties can be attributed to groups as well as individuals , an agent ( what Poulantzas would call a subject ) is needed in both cases .
10 On grounds of style and also of known associations , several works can be attributed to Orchard : the Harcourt aisle ( c .1470 ) of Stanton Harcourt church and ‘ Pope 's Tower ’ there ; the church of South Leigh , a chapelry of Stanton ; and an aisle of the church in Waterstock built in 1500–1 for Thomas Danvers , lord of the manor and one of Waynflete 's agents .
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