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Europe's sluggish performance is often put down to the poor business climate.

I do not want to put down to my account either nostalgia or bitterness, and I merely want to see clearly.

Being tired all the time is often put down to anaemia and women think they should take more iron, but that could do more harm than good.

Again, a lot of this can be put down to the players Rooney plays with each week compared to that of Messi.

The second of these observations is usually put down to learning. The reason for the first has remained unclear.

This massive production of pollen is usually put down to the inability of wind to make reliable deliveries.

Andrew will only a little karate, cheng simply breezed "karate kid" to put down to the ground.

The British envoy was represented as bearing tribute to the Son of Heaven, and his refusal to kowtow was put down to outlandish ignorance.

Kate's father Michael's more relaxed approach to life is put down to his coming from a long line of professional people.

In years gone by this could have been put down to the technology, but now the web has caught up.

Traditionally United have been slow starters, so can this defeat simply be put down to that?

His scaremongering over the Manhattan mosque could be put down to the usual demagoguery.

"The correlation isn't perfect, but it's much too good to put down to chance. "

The outbreak has been put down to the overflow of sewage-contaminated water into the Ruacana river from Angola following floods last month.

Look carefully at the picture, A wall surrounding an old house was put down to a huge pile of stones and bricks.

Can this failure be put down to his peculiar personality and foibles?

It could be put down to his shyness and stubbornness.

But this rise is being put down to a 50% escalation in the price of crude oil, rather than the inherent strength of BP.

The cancellation was put down to financial difficulties flowing from America's credit crunch.

The former has been put down to social effects, such as a strong tradition of valuing education.

The rise was put down to more companies re-stocking and buying more plant and equipment than was believed.

The huge deficit was put down to increased government spending and a big drop in tax revenues.

Many of the animals had to be put down to keep people safe in the area.

Human errors are often put down to a momentary loss of concentration.

The immediate cause of the rally was put down to a minor reduction in a tax on trading, or stamp duty, from 0. 3% to 0. 1%.

A similar phenomenon occurred in the 1992 election in Britain, which pollsters put down to the "shy Tory factor" .

However, his whistle fell, raise arm froze like wood, also can't put down to half.

The outbreak of food poisoning was put down to contaminated milk.

The second most common reason for women lying awake at night, at 18 percent, was put down to 'to-do lists' and work stress.

That FDI fell from nearly $2 trillion in 2007 to $1 trillion in 2009 can be put down to the global financial crisis.

Problems that arise in China through cultural differences can often be put down to simple misunderstandings.

And the poetry, would You put down to heavenly grace?

At first the outbreak of food poisoning was put down to contaminated milk.

She and her husband like each other and laugh a lot, but it can't simply be put down to good luck, right man, right woman.