adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
directly
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The illness of Miller is directly attributable to his conduct.
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Are most significant social changes directly attributable to violence?
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These costs are relevant because they are directly attributable to the decision to take up an opportunity.
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This is directly attributable to this major new installation.
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Any increase or decrease in the money stock is thus directly attributable to the activities of the central bank.
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This figure was directly attributable to better package management.
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Answer guide: Marginal costing only includes costs that are directly attributable to products.
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Some of these were directly attributable to her personally, others to her campaign team.
partly
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This is partly attributable to the increased opportunity for away travel which has increased the contact between rival groups of supporters.
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This is only partly attributable to technological improvements.
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The increase is partly attributable to the success of the group's savings scheme, introduced in 1984.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Almost all the rise was attributable to the banlieues.
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As a result, attributable profits are trimmed to £1.33m.
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But that claim assumes that every such accident is attributable to this cause.
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I could mention the names of several persons whose influence over their flocks was solely attributable to this circumstance.
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Much of that growth is attributable to increases in mortgage banking and recent acquisitions.
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Much of this trend is attributable to a strong economy, but there are other forces at work.