Sentence examples for but attributed this from inspiring English sources

Mr. Collins and other El Paso lawyers said there had been reductions in the amount of gas that could be shipped to California, but attributed this to safety concerns after a pipeline rupture in Carlsbad, N.M., in August 2000.

In a memorandum, dated Thursday, to a committee of the State Board of Regents, the executive deputy commissioner of the Education Department, Valerie Grey, conceded that the department was failing to scrutinize contractors adequately, but attributed this to a shortage of workers.

Dixons conceded that its profit margins had been squeezed during the reporting period, but attributed this to a change in the mix of products that customers were buying - with low-margin tablet computers selling particularly well - rather than rising costs or price discounts.

He described Meckiff's action as "slightly different" but attributed this to an accentuated wrist action used in an attempt to get more life out of dead pitches, rather than his elbow.

The SDRN Epidemiology Group observed a similarly increased risk, but attributed this to an allocation bias [ 3].

Pirhonen et al's 5 comparative study of the frequency of OASIS in Turku and Malmö (mentioned above) found lower Apgar scores 5 min after birth in Turku (where the Finnish manoeuvre was reported to be widely used), but attributed this to the higher prevalence of instrumental deliveries in this area (p<0.01).

But she attributed this not to newspapers but quoted Iain Duncan Smith who claimed his favoured candidate to be "the victim of disgusting 'black ops' by the Tory establishment" (a claim also carried by the Daily Express on its front page).

But he attributed this to a weak global economy that had slowed growth in demand for solar power.

True, the pattern was a bit muddied on the side, but I attributed this to the rain that had been falling all morning.

But Tocqueville attributed this power, as well as the very religious faith of the people, to the fact that "religion in America takes no direct part in the government".

Mercedes-Benz also saw a rise in its SL coupe (26.6%), but Boland attributed this simply to the latest "face-lift" over last year's model.