The phrase "attributes itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how something assigns or ascribes certain qualities or characteristics to itself.
Example: "The organization attributes itself to a long history of innovation and excellence in the industry."
Alternatives: "ascribes to itself" or "assigns to itself".
"Slumber and fatigue vanished, and so was the terror which the U.S. would use in its media by attributing itself superpower status, or which the Soviet Union used by attributing itself as a superpower".
Because the original AI did not "cheat" by attributing itself extra resources or using other techniques the human player could not, it was easier to defeat than in many other real-time strategy games.
This general result is not altered by the fact that there was a statistically significant difference in appreciation of the own power between the staff and the managerial level (Fig. 3), due to the latter attributing itself a moderate degree of power in 28.4% of instances (vs. 12.6% for the staff).
This knowledge, then, arises from the intellectual consideration of the essence of an attribute itself, rather than from sensuous commerce with modes of that attribute.
One concept which evidently can pass muster in this context is that of (the attribute of) triangularity, as against that of some elusive object which is the (abstract) triangle since the attribute itself, unlike any triangle, no matter how abstract, does not have vertices or sides.
For example, the vast majority of 3020-size samatch matoh to within 3%—irrespective of the population size (provided of course that it is larger than 3020) and the proportion of objects with the characteristic under investigation.. Maher also objects that the attribute itself, such as "blue", might be a priori relevant to its proportion in the sample and hence to matching.
Once Link has raised an attribute to the maximum level of eight, further advances in that attribute will earn Link an extra life, without advancing the attribute itself.
The ratings of corner states are essential components of multi-attribute utility models and considered easier to understand and rate than the positive attribute itself.
Though the degree attribute itself was a strong predictor, the confidence score was increased when the additional two criteria were met.
Another report, this one prepared by the Federal Highway Administration itself, attributes road-building delays to many causes, with lack of money as the most common and environmental and preservation requirements ranking far down the list.
