Example sentences of "be attributed to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , it was here , says Sacks , that he Trotskyists were most active and most effective and their significant increase in strength may at least in part be attributed to a sense of frustration and anger with the ICP who had , willingly or not , abandoned the cause of independence . |
| 2 | It was not that this could be attributed to a weakening of moral fibre on their part , but rather that they had grown up in a society in which there were few straightforward moral guidelines , and into ‘ a community which is thoroughly confused about morals , and … their behaviour reflects that confusion ’ . |
| 3 | Who knows how many quarrels , false accusations , unnecessary dismissals , how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler 's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan ? |
| 4 | The catalytic inactivity of the mutant protein can not be attributed to a defect in overall folding since Dcm and Dcm/Cys177Ser show indistinguishable DNA binding properties ( see below : Figure 4 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | Once again , however , Communist inability to consolidate this position can be attributed to a combination of swift and effective repression of Communism in Latin America ( partly a response to their increased support , partly due to the onset of the Cold War and the pro-US orientation of most Latin American regimes in the late 1940s and 1950s ) and failures in tactics by the parties . |
| 8 | This can be attributed to a number of factors : the increased availability of street heroin in Wirral during the early 1980s ; the periodic droughts of pot and speed at around about the same time ( some of the users suggested a direct relation between these phenomena ) ; the existence of large numbers of users initiated in the 1978–81 period who acted both as models to emulate and who were also probably the first dealers the new initiates came into contact with . |
| 9 | A continual drop in the pond level despite the weather conditions , can be attributed to a leak , which will need finding and sealing . |
| 10 | The lack of advance on our part should not be attributed to the idleness of a century , much rather to the genius of Maxwell . |
| 11 | However , there is a strong view that the guarantee should be recognised as a liability both in the parent 's individual accounts and the consolidated accounts , and , therefore , no amount would be attributed to the minority interest . |
| 12 | The crime was paradoxical , namely , the mere profession of Christianity , the name itself , rather than any crimes that might be attributed to the name by association . |
| 13 | Towards the top of the scale the relatively large number of prosperous husbandmen must be taken as reflecting the high overall level of wealth reinforced by the demand of the manufacturing population for food ; at the lower end the paucity of £2 assessments can almost certainly be attributed to the cottage farmers having turned over to weaving and kindred trades . |
| 14 | On substantive questions under the Convention , particularly whether the applicant has had a fair trial , matters of ‘ lawyer failure ’ generally do not result in a violation of the Convention because such failure can not be attributed to the State , which is the only respondent before the Commission or the Court . |
| 15 | Berg also argued that the fact that G was fully informed and not misled by the report was irrelevant , since it was alleged that he was not acting in Berg 's interest so that his knowledge should not be attributed to the company . |
| 16 | ‘ Where a company is accused of a crime the acts and intentions of those who are the directing minds and will of the company are to be attributed to the company . |
| 17 | Where a company is accused of a crime the acts and intentions of those who are the directing minds and will of the company are to be attributed to the company . |
| 18 | As the severity of histological changes in the pancreas in response to caerulein such as the vacuolisation of acinar cells and the rise in plasma amylase concentrations were already significant at the third hour of infusion , it is obvious that the decline in the exocrine secretory activity might be attributed to the damage of acinar cells . |
| 19 | Much of the growth achieved in the UK over the past year can be attributed to the consultancy division , but worldwide , Andersen Consulting 's growth has slowed . |
| 20 | The presence of wings is one of the most characteristic features of insects , and their dominance may be attributed to the possession of these organs . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | More generally , the development of eurobond markets in a variety of currencies ( see section 5.1.4 below ) can largely be attributed to the imposition of withholding taxes , listing , disclosure and other regulatory requirements in domestic markets , all of which made development of an offshore market attractive ( although another factor was the increased importance of currency considerations in balance-sheet management , with the end of fixed exchange rates ) . |
| 23 | According to the health board , significant differences were found between the two groups in some symptoms like eye , throat and skin irritation , headaches and nausea , which could be attributed to the spill . |
| 24 | In the accounts of industrial action one reads about in newspapers or sees on television , the cause of a dispute will usually be attributed to the issue over which work relations broke down . |
| 25 | In these circumstances the knowledge of the director will be attributed to the parent company if the director is under an obligation to communicate the information to it . |
| 26 | Unless you were there , you ca n't know whether a film 's failings should be attributed to the writer 's incompetence or the director simply misunderstanding the script . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 29 | The desacralization of nature that has taken place in the West may be attributed to the influence of Christianity . |
| 30 | In general there is evidence of positive net benefits for employers but that a large proportion of further employment which might be attributed to the scheme restricts employment of other potential employees . |