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

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1 Moreover , the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer are increasing faster than can be attributed simply to the increasing age of the population .
2 We must find some way of ‘ taking out ’ of our calculations that fraction of brain that can be attributed simply to body size , so that we can compare what is left over as the true ‘ braininess ’ of animals .
3 The great change which followed can be attributed partly to changes in social beliefs and attitudes in the 1950s and 1960s , and partly to the success of three strands of investigation , which began more or less independently but soon converged .
4 These examples of ambiguity , of the switching of resources , and of corruption explain some of the failures of aid which can be attributed primarily to the recipients .
5 Based on the current structure , however , this low p K a can be attributed instead to the positive dipole moment at the N terminus of the α -A helix as His15 N-caps the α -A helix and the side chains of His15 and Arg17 are far apart .
6 Here then the trust remains valid , but since the passage of the actual trust object into the hands of a third person can be attributed directly to the testator and his debts , no execution in rem is allowed .
7 Its rise can be attributed mainly to increased productivity of cereals and grasses from increased mechanisation and fertilisers , both of which depend on fossil fuel , therefore using capital to grow more cereals and grasses .
8 That rate of : wage inflation which can be attributed solely to union militancy can be regarded as resulting from the power struggle between unions and employers for a bigger share of the national ‘ cake ’ and between the unions themselves for higher places in the wages ‘ league table ’ .
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