Example sentences of "[modal v] be attribute to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As Struhsaker ( 1969 ) pointed out , uncertainties and irregularities in attempts to allocate primate species to socio-ecological grades may be attributed to phylogenetic heritage . |
| 5 | Great Yarmouth 's lead over its hinterland may be attributed to maritime enterprise , its fisheries in particular . |
| 6 | For between the basic drives that may be attributed to human nature and the social structures of human culture there enters a critical indeterminacy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is considered , therefore , that the excess of isolated incisors is real and can be attributed to preferential destruction of upper and lower jaws . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Not all of the losses of moor and rough grassland can be attributed to agricultural change . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , as discussed in section 5.2.1 , the eurobond market 's development in London can be attributed to prior development of the eurocurrency market , London 's overall infrastructure as a financial centre , the innovative merchant banks with a long tradition of intermediating financial flows , and the comparatively relaxed regulatory and fiscal regime . |
| 13 | Many differences of language between this and the other passages can be attributed to different subject matter : James is concerned with a world of human values and relationships , and the external universe of nature has no part to play in it . |