Example sentences of "may have contributed [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , plasma triglycerides were elevated in the diabetic animals soon after the induction of the disease and the authors speculated that this may have contributed to the development of the platelet and vessel-wall changes . |
| 2 | The outcome in this patient suggests that the delay in diagnosis and hence starting effective antibiotic treatment may have given rise to the abnormality in both the humoral response and T cell function , which on this occasion may have contributed to the development of an associated extraintestinal lymphoma . |
| 3 | Seasonal rains drenching uplands may have contributed to the water budget , but the annual precipitation of 2mm day simulated for high-latitude Gondwana could not have sustained the vast perennial freshwater lakes in southern Africa . |
| 4 | But friends believe that his decision to lead England in India , only months after returning from World Cup duty and a gruelling Test season against Pakistan , may have contributed to the break-up . |
| 5 | On the thorny question of the failure of the Goya ‘ Portrait of Dona Maria Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas ’ ( lot 342 ) , unsold at £600,000 Charles Beddington noted that prices for Goya paintings are still puzzlingly low ( particularly as the record price for a Goya drawing now stands at £600,000 ) while he felt that a recession-led caution may have contributed to the lack of interest in the Zurbarán , bought in at £900,000 ( est. £1.2–1.6 million ) . |
| 6 | The monastery was borne along on a buoyant prosperity which , while it may have contributed to the dissatisfactions and distractions felt by the few , drew most of its members together in a sense of their importance and independence , and hastened the disappearance of earlier divisions . |
| 7 | Total 360° Nissen fundoplication was used in all these series , though some differences in mobilisation of the stomach , length of the wrap , and diameter of the calibrating gastric sound may have contributed to the discrepancies seen . |
| 8 | Indeed family disruption may have contributed to the illness . |
| 9 | Here again , everyday language may have contributed to the way the children understood the question , since we have many expressions which represent vision as an active process : |
| 10 | It is prevalent in the German Shepherd Dog where breeding for excessive hind-limb angulation may have contributed to the problem . |
| 11 | US Coast Guard Commander Larry Mizell quoted one of the survivors as saying that during the storm ‘ many of the people went to one side of the vessel , which may have contributed to the problem they had . ’ |
| 12 | Colleagues need to convey a sense of wanting to learn from the worker 's experience ( as against simple curiosity ) , and to be secure enough to explore the full range of factors which may have contributed to the outcome . |
| 13 | It was felt that both these circumstances may have contributed to the accident . |
| 14 | This may have contributed to the vigour with which he immersed himself in the growing student unrest that was a feature if the political upheavals of the time . |
| 15 | Mr Balladur , aware that these accusations may have contributed to the suicide on May 1st of the former prime minister , Pierre Bérégovoy , has been careful not to repeat them . |
| 16 | PP : We have heard evidence suggesting that the conditions imposed by the banks and the IMF led to rises in the price of food which may have contributed to the death of Inday Rodriguez . |
| 17 | Dr Johnny Birks has been studying mink for many years and he admits with some reluctance that this extremely successful marten may have contributed to the vole 's decline . |
| 18 | Winter leavers may have contributed to the pattern of absenteeism , but overall , substantial numbers of senior pupils seemed to be irregular attenders . |
| 19 | In addition , population size was smaller in the r lines , so that inbreeding depression may have contributed to the difference from the K lines . |
| 20 | He disputed suggestions that his own redistributive mock Budget at the outset of the election campaign may have contributed to the party 's defeat and expressed concern that those who would have gained from it had apparently failed to heed the message . |
| 21 | Such clubs may have contributed to the desire for respectability of many seamen . |
| 22 | Only H. W. Taylor was married or over 30 , and Viljoen 's diary suggests a vigorous special existence between Tests — which may have contributed to the welter of dropped catches which helped sway the issue . |
| 23 | Diminishing geographical and social contact between local business and professional elites and the poor of their towns , resulting from the growing size and suburbanization of towns , may have contributed to the slackening of voluntary effort . |
| 24 | The results of the changed balance are more certain ; there were attempts at repressing wages by law , and this may have contributed to the outbreak of the Great Revolt of 1381 ( Ch.3 ) . |