Example sentences of "[vb mod] be attributed to [adj] factor " in BNC.

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1 Thus difference should be attributed to other factors .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 ) .
6 Since there will always be some unemployment which can be attributed to microeconomic factors , the maximum feasible level of employment will fall short of L F .
7 He estimates that no more than 10 Per cent of the variance between the local election results in Birmingham and the national averages can be attributed to local factors ( Newton 1976a : 14 — 15 ) .
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