Example sentences of "be attribute to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recently , the appointment of Vial has been attributed to the influence of Granville Penn , who seems to have taken the Frenchman uncritically at his own valuation . |
| 2 | As Slade LJ put it in Harlingdon Ltd : … the fact that a description has been attributed to the goods , either during the course of negotiations or even in the contract ( if written ) itself , does not necessarily and by itself render the contract one for 'sale by description " . |
| 3 | Tribrachidium has been attributed to the trilobozoans ( a possible group of early cnidarians ) or alternatively a proto-echinoderm with the tri-radial symmetry preceding the penta-radial arrangement of most later echinoderms . |
| 4 | It has been attributed to the ivory-carver of the Crucifixion relief on the book-cover of the abbess Theophanu of Essen and is estimated to sell for £200–300,000 ( $360–540,000 ) . |
| 5 | Vasari recorded it in situ in his biography of Cosimo Roselli , but the work has since been attributed to the Master of the Fiesole ‘ Epiphany ’ , a follower of Domenico Ghirlandaio . |
| 6 | A more problematic infection which has been attributed to the Russians was the spread of syphilis , especially among the Nenets Samoeds . |
| 7 | It is quite unlike the Trojan origin which may already have been attributed to the Franks as a result of imperial diplomacy , and suggests that the Merovingian dynasty did not come to the fore as a result of its connections with Rome . |
| 8 | 22 per cent of the overall decline in mortality from 1848 to 1971 have been attributed to the decline of TB in all its forms ( McKeown 1976 ) , and 45 per cent to 1900 . |
| 9 | Emission reductions since the early 1970s are attributed to the installation of pollution control equipment , technological improvements , reduced activity in some industries such as iron and steel ( figure 8.9 ) and the use of cleaner fuels in residential areas . |
| 10 | I am going to consider now a famous case in which the supposed regularities of human morality are attributed to the workings of adaptive rules , so providing an evolutionary explanation for part of human culture . |
| 11 | The precise answer to this question requires a mathematical statement of the model , which we leave until later in this chapter , but the general answer , which both has policy implications and can serve as the basis for a subtle test of the model , is this : under rational expectations the proportions of any unexpectedly high price which are attributed to the aggregate and relative demand shocks respectively should be based on the true process determining that unexpectedly high price ; that is , on the true likelihood of any unexpectedly high price being due to a random aggregate demand increase or to a favourable relative demand shock . |
| 12 | The lack of advance on our part should not be attributed to the idleness of a century , much rather to the genius of Maxwell . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Little of that spirit of unity could , however , be attributed to the activities of the Communist party . |
| 21 | But these can not yet be attributed to the activities of an individual mosaicist — although they might well indicate the predilictions of an influential client or close- knit group of clients — and are still most significant when viewed over considerable periods of time . |
| 22 | In part , the emerging entente must be attributed to the authorities ' move to the right , towards the Kinnockite orthodoxy favoured by Margaret Hodge , the Islington and ALA leader . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | There are two groups of fossils that can be attributed to the Homininae , that is the African ape and human clade . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | The difficulties can not plausibly be attributed to the compilers , who would hardly have confined themselves almost exclusively to interfering with the text of Scaevola . |
| 30 | ‘ There is now not the slightest doubt that a part of the increased number of cancer cases can be attributed to the effects of the many new chemicals present in the environment ’ , he reported . |