Example sentences of "be attribute to [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This might be attributed to cyclotron resonance induced in human body cells by weak electromagnetic fields .
2 In their absence , attention has been directed towards establishing changes in the distribution of income and wealth that can be attributed to government policy .
3 Whereas reports of point mutations that reduce or abolish DNA binding can be attributed to DNA sequence-specificity ( 37 , 38 ) , the effect of such mutations on the structure of the binding region can not be easily measured .
4 Superspecs produce only 6.5 — an important feature when buyers consider that a large percentage of heat loss can be attributed to air leakage or draughts .
5 In 1990 , the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys has told me , there were 150 deaths in England and Wales that could reasonably be attributed to liver failure after paracetamol overdosage , and of these , 119 were either certain or probable suicides .
6 Many types of muscle fatigue could be attributed to calcium deficiency .
7 As with fish , most health problems can be attributed to water conditions , or to stress .
8 Although some uneven distribution of utilities and services can be attributed to market forces , others result from decisions taken by public agencies , such as health authorities , or by local planning authorities ( see chapters 5 and 8 ) .
9 Only if this is done can any change be attributed to product instability or product-container incompatibility .
10 Smoking is the main cause of chronic obstructive lung disease : it is very rare in nonsmokers and at least 90% of the deaths from this disease can be attributed to cigarette smoking [ 5 ] .
11 Nine people died from infectious diseases in the district last year , said Miss Pattinson , although not all could be attributed to food poisoning .
12 The best plasterwork tends , without a scrap of evidence , to be attributed to Thomas Stocking .
13 The Council of 500 was drawn from the demes in proportion to their population ( see p. 112 ) and it is now known ( for instance ) that in the time of Kleisthenes no more than one-quarter of known Athenians can be attributed to city demes .
14 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 .
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