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 | ( 2 ) It is difficult to know how far the success of the project should be attributed to the project itself and how far it should be attributed to those events which preceded it and provided an environment in which the project could flourish ( or wither ) . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Particular features and style may be attributed to this object to specify the number of doors , type of seats , colour of paintwork etc . |
| 14 | As Struhsaker ( 1969 ) pointed out , uncertainties and irregularities in attempts to allocate primate species to socio-ecological grades may be attributed to phylogenetic heritage . |
| 15 | Great Yarmouth 's lead over its hinterland may be attributed to maritime enterprise , its fisheries in particular . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | For between the basic drives that may be attributed to human nature and the social structures of human culture there enters a critical indeterminacy . |
| 18 | Not only are there examples of extreme rarity , a large ‘ Christ driving the money changers from the temple ’ in coloured chalk by Jacopo Bassano , two handsome brush drawings by Carpaccio , a ‘ Thebaid ’ by Costa , the only drawing which can be attributed with any reason to Desiderio da Settignano , Pordenone 's superb red chalk ‘ Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr ’ , drawn in competition with Titian and Palma Vecchio , which comes from Chatsworth and should never have been allowed an export licence from Britain , Albert Cuyp 's delightful ‘ Milkmaid ’ , Saenredam 's ‘ Choir and north ambulatory of the Church of Saint Bavo , Haarlem ’ , Altdorfer 's ‘ Christ carrying the cross ’ , but also many of great beauty , Turner 's finished watercolour ‘ Long Ship lighthouse , Land 's End ’ , the anonymous Swiss ( Bernese ? ) |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is considered , therefore , that the excess of isolated incisors is real and can be attributed to preferential destruction of upper and lower jaws . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Not all of the losses of moor and rough grassland can be attributed to agricultural change . |
| 25 | This increase , however , can be attributed to long naps taken outside the main sleep period and increased sleep time on rest days . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The increased use of project financing in the last twenty years can be attributed to two factors — increased capital investment needs and economic risks . |
| 29 | The reversal of fortunes can be attributed to two factors . |
| 30 | The enthalpy change that occurs can be attributed to two factors . |