Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be attribute to " in BNC.

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1 Third , debasement of early medieval coinage in western Europe and the eventual replacement of gold by silver can be attributed to the cessation of the flow of gold bullion from east to west with the abandonment of gold subsidies paid by the Byzantine empire to the barbarians in the west .
2 The impact of this approach on physical geography can be attributed to the ways in which these four types of system could rationalize physical geography endeavour , and could catalyse the introduction of new concepts especially concerned with temporal change .
3 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 .
4 In a first set of experiments we used polyclonal antibodies raised against rat IL-6DBP or C/EBPδ to identify if the IL-6 induced DNA-protein complex can be attributed to one of these two proteins .
5 Despite the invasive behaviour of the parasitic larval stages , little specific pathogenic effect can be attributed to them ; the exception is S. vulgaris , 90% of horses in Britain having lesions in the arterial system of the intestine caused by this species .
6 The law has some part to play in stimulating directors to take appropriate action in these areas by imposing liability where loss can be attributed to a failure on the part of the board to ensure that the company is equipped with an adequate organisational structure .
7 Superspecs produce only 6.5 — an important feature when buyers consider that a large percentage of heat loss can be attributed to air leakage or draughts .
8 The fact that the selection of a style became such a contentious issue can be attributed to his sustained advocacy of Gothic .
9 But not all the blame can be attributed to the high degree of neve .
10 Much of his extraordinary combination of speed and stamina can be attributed to his physique .
11 Though there is no reason to think that the kings of Cyrene had actually helped Inaros at the beginning of the revolt , the fall of the Persian-backed Cyrenaean monarchy at about this period can be attributed to the infectious restlessness of Egypt next door , cp. below , p. 61 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 How much of this former water erosion can be attributed to pluvial phases in the Pleistocene is very doubtful .
15 The impact of the polymerase chain reaction can be attributed to its practical simplicity and to its speed , sensitivity , and specificity .
16 A recent assessment of Beccaria has portrayed him as a cautious conservative who successfully redirected enlightenment thinking away from a potentially much more radical path : ‘ His sudden fame can be attributed to the relief of educated society that it was possible to hold rational ‘ enlightened ’ views on human behaviour without having to accept radical materialism' ( Jenkins , 1984 , p. 113 ) .
17 Much of the frantic activity in the share register can be attributed to the arbitrageurs rather than the titans of the motor industry .
18 The deviations of real gases from ideal gas behaviour can be attributed to the attractive forces between gas molecules ; the volume of a gas molecule ( the kinetic theory assumes this is negligible ) .
19 Alliance 's revival can be attributed to its vigorous , straight-from-the-shoulder leadership , articulating a progressive pro-union approach which is so lacking elsewhere .
20 The euro-dollar market 's origin and development can be attributed to the following interrelated economic , financial and political factors .
21 The thesis comes into its own with respect to industrial policy where significant discontinuities in policy can be attributed to the government changing hands .
22 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 .
23 Not a small part of this success can be attributed to our growing team of new writers .
24 Said Mound : ‘ Without doubt , the success can be attributed to the integration of the subsurface team who moulded the comprehensive database bequeathed by a laboured appraisal programme into a highly tuned reservoir management tool . ’
25 This criticism is based ( a ) on comparisons with other countries such as West Germany and Japan ( Vittas 1986 ) , where banks play a much larger role in industrial financing ; ( b ) on an assumption that bad industrial performance can be attributed to a lack of finance ; and ( c ) on a certain dissatisfaction with consistently high levels of bank profitability .
26 The results also show that most of the effect on the perceived depth can be attributed to the presence of the vertical perspective cues although the small effect of horizontal perspective cues was present in the estimates of eight out of ten observers and was statistically significant .
27 The Symon Unconformity has been picked at the base of a thin coal sequence which might correspond to the Phillipsii Chronozone of the upper Westphalian C. Thus a limited gas potential can be attributed to the base of the Barren Measures sequence .
28 Much of its strength can be attributed to the vigorous support of the church , which has always placed the family at the centre of Christian living .
29 Much of the complexity of the normal form can be attributed to the potential nondeterminism of occam programs .
30 Some of this increase can be attributed to the evaporation of remaining nitric acid from the condensed phase as temperatures rise .
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