Example sentences of "[vb mod] be attribute [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus difference should be attributed to other factors . |
| 2 | Where research studies have been carried out in different parts of the country it is difficult to disentangle anything which might be attributed to regional variations specifically , from other systematic variations by gender , class , ethnicity or variations over time ( that is where changes in patterns of family relationships have occurred between the 1960s and the 1980s ) . |
| 3 | Any change in position could be attributed to external factors , and so a defence of one 's own consistency could be mounted , whilst apparently changing sides from loyalism to republicanism . |
| 4 | It was one thing to offer hospitality , quite another to extend the boundaries of tolerant understanding to dark moods and sudden rages , even when these could be attributed to horrific experiences in earlier childhood . |
| 5 | They were asked to participate only if they had no history of gastrointestinal diseases or abdominal surgery other than appendectomy , and if they had no symptoms that could be attributed to gastrintestinal motility disorders . |
| 6 | There was no consensus about whether or not this high rate reflected a higher amount of crime , or if the difference could be attributed to false cases in Sri Lanka or the failure to report crime in India . |
| 7 | Although some of this variation may be attributed to inherent reliability problems in the computation method or original poor data quality , other geological factors probably account for the greater part of the observed variation . |
| 8 | This sad state of affairs may be attributed to feckless parents or to a society which projects its standards and values in such an ambivalent way . |
| 9 | Part of the extraordinary success of this book may be attributed to skilful marketing — of part-issues between 1859 and 1861 , the illustrated edition in 1861 , and the cheap reissues begun by Samuel Beeton and continued by Ward , Lock , & Tyler , to whom he sold his titles after Isabella 's death . |
| 10 | Steffensmeier and Harer ( 1987 ) have argued that at least part of this decline in the US may be attributed to demographic factors i.e. to a declining number of young males . |
| 11 | Other forms of mental handicap may be attributed to genetic factors , where the fusion of the parents ' genes creates an irregularity in the chromosomal mix . |
| 12 | As Struhsaker ( 1969 ) pointed out , uncertainties and irregularities in attempts to allocate primate species to socio-ecological grades may be attributed to phylogenetic heritage . |
| 13 | Great Yarmouth 's lead over its hinterland may be attributed to maritime enterprise , its fisheries in particular . |
| 14 | Halpern ( 1986 ) derides their apparent conviction that ‘ it is frightening and perhaps even unAmerican to consider the possibility that even a small part of the sex differences in spatial abilities ( or any cognitive ability ) , may be attributed to biological factors ’ ( 1986 : 1014 ) . |
| 15 | For between the basic drives that may be attributed to human nature and the social structures of human culture there enters a critical indeterminacy . |
| 16 | Most goldfish keepers would agree that most , if not all of their problems of fish losses and loss of condition can be attributed to poor water quality . |
| 17 | It is considered , therefore , that the excess of isolated incisors is real and can be attributed to preferential destruction of upper and lower jaws . |
| 18 | Studies of rural migration have largely neglected these factors although Dunn ( 1979 ) has shown that a substantial amount of short-distance movement in rural areas can be attributed to changing housing needs . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Not all of the losses of moor and rough grassland can be attributed to agricultural change . |
| 22 | This increase , however , can be attributed to long naps taken outside the main sleep period and increased sleep time on rest days . |
| 23 | The Japanese launch was a success , although it is open to question how much of the success can be attributed to innovative marketing and how much to the technical qualities of the product . |
| 24 | Various effects can be attributed to other instances of recurrent imagery besides that of merely providing a satisfactory feeling of unity in the narrative performance . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , as discussed in section 5.2.1 , the eurobond market 's development in London can be attributed to prior development of the eurocurrency market , London 's overall infrastructure as a financial centre , the innovative merchant banks with a long tradition of intermediating financial flows , and the comparatively relaxed regulatory and fiscal regime . |
| 26 | How much of this former water erosion can be attributed to pluvial phases in the Pleistocene is very doubtful . |
| 27 | Since there will always be some unemployment which can be attributed to microeconomic factors , the maximum feasible level of employment will fall short of L F . |
| 28 | Many differences of language between this and the other passages can be attributed to different subject matter : James is concerned with a world of human values and relationships , and the external universe of nature has no part to play in it . |
| 29 | He estimates that no more than 10 Per cent of the variance between the local election results in Birmingham and the national averages can be attributed to local factors ( Newton 1976a : 14 — 15 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ History shows us that the inherent strength of American communities and institutions can be attributed in large part to the freedom Americans had to experiment without the deadening hand of capital control . |