Example sentences of "be attributed to [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 The full extent of the modern acidification , however , can not be attributed to changed land use .
6 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 .
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