Example sentences of "[noun] could be attributed to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that if the distribution of an artefact type could be attributed to a particular race it could indicate the course of the invasion and settlement of England and the origins of the settlers on the Continent . |
| 2 | One study carried out in Canada showed that 20 per cent of cases could be attributed to true IgE-mediated allergy to food . |
| 3 | Only a third of last year 's 17 deaths and 275 reported cases could be attributed to cooling towers . |
| 4 | The apparent social harmony of the mid-century could be attributed to Britain 's economic success in these years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It may be that some couples cohabit initially because they are uncertain about the strength of their relationship so their subsequent marital breakdown could be attributed to these underlying doubts , rather than the ‘ destructive ’ experience of cohabitation . |
| 7 | Mary MacArthur , a leading woman trade unionist , believed that these figures could be attributed to the ‘ treble strain of child-bearing , wage-earning and household drudgery ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Cash or stock were owed to the client and problems could be attributed to inadequacies in the member 's administrative procedures . ’ |
| 9 | A senior church leader suggested that offending by young people could be attributed to their sense of lacking ‘ a stake in society ’ . |
| 10 | The effect of the drugs on their length of life was very difficult to judge , and small differences could be attributed to many incidental causes , such as differences in smoking , dietary habits , the amount of exercise they took , or to changes in all these habits over the years . |
| 11 | The reason for this apparent discrepancy is not obvious but the reduced secretory response in pancreatitis could be attributed to the marked fall in the pancreatic blood flow and to the reduction in the number of viable acinar cells in the pancreas . |
| 12 | Many types of muscle fatigue could be attributed to calcium deficiency . |
| 13 | Anomalies indicated by the large standard deviations in Table 5 for the larger time delays could be attributed to some of the subjects attempting to rehearse the letters using some mnemonic technique while performing the distractive task . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Much of the blame for their slide in popularity could be attributed to ‘ Cabinet ministers arguing over their official residences , and backbench Tory MPs taking an independent line to further their own political careers ’ . |
| 16 | As priority was given to the undergraduate course in information retrieval during the first year and other conditions remained nearly constant , any changes in the pattern of the use of Chalmers Library during that time could be attributed to the effects of the course of instruction . |
| 17 | One possible reason for the lack of motivation within her class could be attributed to tasks not being sufficiently challenging for some pupils , whilst being beyond the intellectual grasp of others . |