Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] down to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the beginning , all carp were streamlined , torpedo-shaped fish , and any variation in girth relative to length ( apart from the difference between mature males and females ) could be put down to the quality of the food supply . |
| 2 | How true the tale of this lemming population might be is beyond verification ; certainly a great deal of the monastic retelling of it could be put down to the strong regional bias of Northumbrian biographers against the strange races of the deep south . |
| 3 | It 's success could be put down to the hard sell . |
| 4 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |
| 5 | A track wide enough for a tractor could be taken down to the road . |