Sentence examples for seek to attribute from inspiring English sources

As a result, fans inevitably seek to attribute collective successes and failures to the single player most responsible.

He did not seek to attribute the blame to any deliberate change in policing tactics as a consequence of the Tomlinson incident".

Dr. Fitzpatrick continued, "When parents have invested money, time, energy and, above all, hope into a particular treatment, it is natural to seek to attribute any improvement to that treatment".

Departing from the government's line that the commemorations should not seek to attribute blame, Gove argued that the "pitiless" and "aggressive expansionism" of the German leaders should not be forgotten as it "more than justified" the British military response.

We seek to attribute a dimension of personal freedom to our current circumstances and we usually feel more comfortable by building an ideology around our personal choices or unavoidable arrangements, such as becoming unemployed and staying at home with the kids.

But other researchers have been moving in the opposite direction, seeking to attribute changes in individual species to climate change.

In examining the cases of Iceland, Ireland, Greece and Germany, Lewis seeks to attribute the differing causes of economic turmoil and their varying outcomes to each country's distinctive national characteristics.

A8 A Strange Tale of Arson Mark Warren Sands, 50, a marketing consultant and former spokesman for Arizona's Department of Education, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Phoenix on charges of burning several houses, actions that prosecutors say he sought to attribute to a fictitious eco-terror group.

"The tough decisions we made have created an uphill battle for us now," Mr. Fenty said in an interview, seeking to attribute his low ratings mainly to the fallout from changes like the closing of underused schools, layoffs of civil servants and the adoption of taxi meters against driver opposition.

"This problem began when the administration sought to attribute blame for the financial and economic crisis and alienated large segments of the business and banking community.

The authors dismiss this finding as recall bias due to persons with a tumour seeking to attribute it to mobile phone use.