Example sentences of "[be] attributed to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not usually associated with lowered plasma proteins or cardiac failure , and has been attributed to increased capillary permeability , reduced tissue tone , and an inhibition of natriuresis secondary to increased tubular filtration of insulin . |
| 2 | Other parts of the digestive system may , however , also be affected and in a number of different studies constipation and diarrhoea as well as impaired gall bladder contraction in diabetic patients have been attributed to autonomic neuropathy . |
| 3 | This has been attributed to mere manipulation of the masses by irresponsible politicians , or explained by theories of economic and class conflicts . |
| 4 | More recently this consensus has been attributed to similar patterns of socialization into the canteen culture of the police ( for example , Brogden et al . |
| 5 | Mineralisation at the western end of the Ben Challum horizon has recently been attributed to hydrothermal systems associated with the development of basic intrusive rocks at shallow depth forming a possible Besshi-style deposit ( Scott and others , 1988 ) . |
| 6 | Curiously husky , his voice beguiled her ears as powerfully as his hands were seducing her body , caressing her naked skin beneath her simple top , tantalising the sensitised surface , warm and demanding , seeking the clasp of her flesh-coloured bra , dismantling it with a sure touch that might have come from practice but could equally well have been attributed to simple deduction , except that nothing was simple about this man who had already knowingly conquered her body … åd , unknowingly , her heart as well . |
| 7 | Another symptom that has been attributed to excess caffeine is the restless legs syndrome . |
| 8 | Errors have generally been attributed to cognitive causes , evidence of the learner 's psychological process of rule formation . |
| 9 | This has sometimes been attributed to abnormal mobility of the lower intercostal joints and the term ‘ slipping rib ’ was coined by Davies-Colley . |
| 10 | Major air crashes , such as last September 's accident in Amsterdam and the United Airlines DC 10 engine break-up at Sioux City in 1989 , have been attributed to structural failure , and have brought under scrutiny the reliability of airframe inspection techniques . |
| 11 | Various bomb explosions and violent incidents , including assassinations have been attributed to British undercover . |
| 12 | The death of a Middlesbrough man has been attributed to natural causes . |
| 13 | Claims made for the differences between speech and writing , then , are put into perspective by the fact that the same claims are attributed to other variables . |
| 14 | An examination of the general tone of [ military-political publications ] reveals that these political officers are among the most vocal proponents of the so-called hawkish positions that mistakenly are attributed to professional line officers by many Western observers . |
| 15 | What seems to have happened is that they have internalised the negative images that are attributed to black people and do not feel that they should identify with them . |
| 16 | In the UK over 130,000 deaths per year are attributed to stress-related illness and over 40 million working days are lost because of it . |
| 17 | These weak bands are attributed to mono-substituted 13 Co species . |
| 18 | The words are attributed to Ulpian . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | One part of this myopia can doubtless be attributed to simple electoral panic . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | If one manages to find the simplest method at the first attempt that can mostly be attributed to good luck . |
| 28 | Though some of the deaths may be attributed to associated severe injuries , a delay in diagnosis contributes to the high mortality . |
| 29 | It is considered , therefore , that the excess of isolated incisors is real and can be attributed to preferential destruction of upper and lower jaws . |
| 30 | The degree of " humanity " to be attributed to professional colleagues is closely linked to the " taste and tact " exhibited in their scholarship . |