Example sentences of "[vb mod] be attributed to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus difference should be attributed to other factors . |
| 2 | Climate and economics need to be included because these factors may well determine features which at first sight might be attributed to ethnic or cultural factors . |
| 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 | One study carried out in Canada showed that 20 per cent of cases could be attributed to true IgE-mediated allergy to food . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | With the exception of genuinely unforeseen circumstances , changes in conditions may be attributed to imprecise or inadequate contract documents |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Though some of the deaths may be attributed to associated severe injuries , a delay in diagnosis contributes to the high mortality . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As Struhsaker ( 1969 ) pointed out , uncertainties and irregularities in attempts to allocate primate species to socio-ecological grades may be attributed to phylogenetic heritage . |
| 17 | Great Yarmouth 's lead over its hinterland may be attributed to maritime enterprise , its fisheries in particular . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | For between the basic drives that may be attributed to human nature and the social structures of human culture there enters a critical indeterminacy . |
| 20 | Different characteristics and qualities may be attributed to different social categories of humans , accompanied perhaps by different moral demands , and proper account must be taken of these in the study of behaviour . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is considered , therefore , that the excess of isolated incisors is real and can be attributed to preferential destruction of upper and lower jaws . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Of all the functions which can be attributed to ancient urban settlements , the most universal was an economic one . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Not all of the losses of moor and rough grassland can be attributed to agricultural change . |
| 28 | Variations in the experience of kin support The issue here is whether variations in people 's experience of support within families can be attributed to personal and idiosyncratic factors , or whether those variations are related systematically to the position of the parties in economic and social structures . |
| 29 | This increase , however , can be attributed to long naps taken outside the main sleep period and increased sleep time on rest days . |
| 30 | 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 . |