• In her mind, a woman with no child could be explained only by vast untrammelled calamity.

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  • In part, these could be explained by the intensification of the European sovereign debt crisis.

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  • Those cancellations could be explained by shrewd bargaining tactics rather than slumping demand.

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  • The increased popularity with the high street in contrast to other destinations could be explained by greater variety, she said.

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  • That is far more than could be explained by spontaneous mutations, which suggests the malfunctioning genes are doing some good.

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  • However when they combined the effect of sunlight and glandular fever, 72% of the variation in MS cases could be explained.

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  • According to the researchers, there is only one chance in a hundred that their findings could be explained by chance alone.

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  • The only way this could be explained was if the inner core was spinning slightly faster than the rest of the planet.

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  • The price pop for each could be explained by unique market conditions.

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  • Their research suggested that 90% of the export boom could be explained by the dollar's depreciation and by relatively stronger growth in America's trade partners.

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  • Relatively low contamination levels in western Japan could be explained by mountain ranges sheltering those regions from the dispersal of radioactive material, the authors said.

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  • However, even that could be explained by the fact that the Czech Republic implemented its flat tax in 2008, a year of economic crisis worldwide.

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  • New Orleans was so far down and received so much recovery money that recent improvements could be explained as a short-term bounce back from a disaster.

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  • That there are not could be explained by the fact that the accumulation of sediment in most rocks is so slow that the two layers are, in effect, superimposed.

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  • The boards said this option would mean older people being cared for in the wrong environment, because it combined patients with unexplained disorders with those whose illnesses could be explained.

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  • Sanjeev Prasad of Kotak, a broker, studied inflows in the 2011 fiscal year, and found only a fifth could be explained by mainstream funds (excluding most sovereign-wealth funds, where data are scarce).

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  • The drift of Le Grand K relative to the others could be explained by the fact that it is taken out of its vault and handled less often than the other objects.

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  • Mr Mullin said the high proportion of Labour MPs leaving compared to Conservatives could be explained by the fact that they had many more MPs and had been in office for so long.

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  • But the evidence meant to show that foreign money had worked its way into Democratic coffers was circumstantial at best, and without further proof could be explained away as routine investment and consulting fees.

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  • It is thought the increase could be explained by improvements in identifying victims, although campaigners say the figures of those being trafficked could be far higher as many victims choose not to come forward for fear of being deported.

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  • She said this could be explained through the "just-world hypothesis, " the belief that people think the world should be good -- and when it is not, especially when a blameless and vulnerable person suffers as a result, someone needs to be punished.

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  • After studying the large pay differential between financial-sector employees and people in other industries with similar levels of education and experience, he and a colleague, Ariell Reshef of the University of Virginia, concluded that some of it could be explained by growing demand for financial services from technology companies and baby boomers.

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  • Ucas statisticians said part of the overall fall in numbers taking up places could be explained by the fact that there is a demographic dip in 18-year-olds in England and partly by the fact that numbers starting university in 2011 (the last year before higher fees came in) were boosted by some who might have otherwise taken a gap year.

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  • Mr Losay said the speed the vessel sunk could only be explained by the involvement of a submarine.

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  • An extremely odd finding but one which could perhaps be explained by the fact that one of the authors is a homeopath.

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  • The lack of column inches devoted to Clydebank's demise compared to Airdrieonians only weeks before could perhaps be explained by having fewer friends in high places.

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  • The changes could not be explained by other factors - such as mother's age and socioeconomic status or population effects such as changes in air pollution and influenza epidemics.

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  • The rapid growth in output could be fully explained by rapid growth in inputs: expansion of employment, increases in education levels, and, above all, massive investment in physical capital.

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  • The Fed has seen this data, the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston studied it extensively and found that there were disparities that could not be explained in any reasonable way.

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  • Mr Rae said a 15.3% revenue increase in Glasgow could partly be explained by the city hosting a major bi-annual HIV international conference, while Aberdeen continued to benefit from activity in the energy-related conference and exhibition market.

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