Example sentences of "[vb mod] be put down to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And even those could be put down to excessive grief at the loss of his wife .
2 In the first flush of enthusiasm following these unprecedented claims there was a very strong tendency to identical dreaming exclusively with REM sleep , presuming that any lack of identification of dreaming with eye movements could be put down to experimental error .
3 If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour .
4 They will realise they can not change everything ; the hours spent re-inventing government or shifting paradigms will be put down to youthful inexperience .
5 No I mean I I do n't think what happened on Piper can be put down to basic safety .
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