Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [adv] be attributed to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lack of advance on our part should not be attributed to the idleness of a century , much rather to the genius of Maxwell . |
| 2 | False prediction may also be attributed to the client 's failure to observe taboos or other procedural shortcomings in the conduct of the oracular ritual . |
| 3 | These influences might partly be attributed to the official who authenticated the Cologne decree , Asclipiodus . |
| 4 | This effect could not be attributed to different patterns of intonation in the two conditions ( Zurif and Mendelsohn , 1972 ) which implies that the effect was mediated at a syntactic level . |
| 5 | For example , even in the relatively active period in which Liebowitz and Horowitz were writing , only a minute proportion of total crime could conceivably be attributed to marginal political groups ' expressing themselves in conventional criminal activity . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | The fault can not be attributed to a draughting error because the 2N3904 and BC546 are npn transistors and the circuit will pass only 5mA when 2.7V is between A and B. |
| 8 | The panic attacks gave her the perfect excuse , as no blame could possibly be attributed to her . |
| 9 | In other words , although the Formalists took a very important step in making language central to their definition of literature , their theoretical shortcomings could largely be attributed to their failure to extend a theory of language to other spheres . |
| 10 | Taking age into account does not lead to estimates closer to unity , and hence the effects can not be attributed to confounding . |
| 11 | The concept of Time as a judge can also be attributed to the great Athenian statesman Solon ( sixth century BC ) who , according to Werner Jaeger , ‘ defends himself ‘ before the bench of Time'' ’ . |
| 12 | The oral shield of A. bellis is slightly rounded triangular while in A. tritonis it is distinctly arrowhead-shaped and this disparity can not be attributed to differences in size . |
| 13 | About 160 people in England and Wales die each year from liver failure after an overdose of paracetamol , although this official figure may underestimate the true annual mortality as many cases of liver failure may not be attributed to a suicidal overdose to alleviate bereaved relatives ' distress . |
| 14 | He quotes a figure for deaths from liver failure after an overdose of paracetamol and states this may be an underestimate as ‘ many cases of liver failure may not be attributed to a suicidal overdose to alleviate bereaved relatives ’ distress . ’ |
| 15 | The reasons for the widespread development of the particular form of alphabetic literacy evident in Greece must clearly be sought in the social structure ; Goody and Watt , however , insist that ‘ considerable importance must surely be attributed to the intrinsic advantages of the Greek adaptation of the Semitic alphabet , an adaptation which made it the first comprehensively and exclusively phonetic system tor transcribing human speech ’ ( ibid. pp. 40–1 ) . |
| 16 | Where a firm consists of a group of companies , knowledge possessed by one company within the group will not be attributed to another group company , as it is a clear principle of company law that companies are separate legal entities . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It has been suggested that the rapid increase in the Muslim population during this period can not be attributed to the mass conversion of Bogomils , as the greatest increases were recorded in the areas where Bogomils were fewer in number , especially in the towns . |
| 19 | This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved . |
| 20 | Quite why some of the leading golfers in the world started to behave like 18 handicap amateurs can only be attributed to the special pressures which the Ryder Cup produces . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The analyst noted that , since these were first time pregnancies , the increase in complications with age could not be attributed to parity . |
| 23 | Although evil could not be attributed to Ahura Mazdah , its existence had to be accounted for , and Zarathustra explained it in terms of free will . |
| 24 | One part of this myopia can doubtless be attributed to simple electoral panic . |
| 25 | If nothing in heaven or earth is ‘ beyond the power of Allah ’ — if Allah , in other words , is omnipotent — then this quality can only be attributed to Him and to no-one else . |
| 26 | A number of studies demonstrate that Britain 's lower productivity performance in international terms can not be attributed to a substantially disproportionate concentration of labour in particular industries [ Panic , 1976 ] . |
| 27 | The long-term decline in the participation of older people , particularly older men , in the workforce can not be attributed to changes in the individual characteristics of older people themselves — their health , attitudes to work and so on . |
| 28 | Many local authorities , however , do not pay bureaux managers at this rate and although the shortfall will always be attributed to budgetary constraints , there may also be a lack of awareness of what the position entails . |
| 29 | The sample size for the little owl is small and the variable results for this species can probably be attributed to this . |
| 30 | This suggests that the grade differences can not be attributed to employees in the lower grades being more likely to take the odd day off or to those in the higher grades staying at work despite minor illness . |