Example sentences of "can [adv] be attribute to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be due to its availability as a popular aquarium fish , but it certainly can not be attributed to lack of sex identification . |
| 2 | The oral shield of A. bellis is slightly rounded triangular while in A. tritonis it is distinctly arrowhead-shaped and this disparity can not be attributed to differences in size . |
| 3 | The long-term decline in the participation of older people , particularly older men , in the workforce can not be attributed to changes in the individual characteristics of older people themselves — their health , attitudes to work and so on . |
| 4 | As the Committee emphasised , however , the acoustic problems are of long standing and can not be attributed to television . |
| 5 | This suggests that the grade differences can not be attributed to employees in the lower grades being more likely to take the odd day off or to those in the higher grades staying at work despite minor illness . |
| 6 | This explains why women place a high priority on the right words , soft music , anything that can generally be attributed to romance . |
| 7 | Though there were other important factors at work some part of this decline can reasonably be attributed to Brazil 's diminished sense of dependence on US military aid and protection ( Lowenthal , 1987 ) . |