Example sentences of "may be due [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You should report any vaginal discharge , pain after intercourse or abdominal pain , especially if accompanied by fever , as these symptoms may be due to pelvic infection which requires prompt treatment . |
2 | This may be due to parental management techniques but may also be due to the temperamental state of the child . |
3 | With the exception of Romania ( where the extremely high maternal mortality caused by abortions may be due to illegal interruption of pregnancies as a consequence of abrupt termination of a previously free induced abortion system ) , maternal mortality due to obstetric causes is much higher than those caused by abortion . |
4 | But the dynamics of root length and root biomass production and mortality are similar within both forests ( R.L.H. and K.S.P. , manuscript in preparation ) and our results suggest that temporal differences in biomass ‘ turnover ’ may be due to temporal variation in root production , not in root mortality , in ecosystems like those we studied . |
5 | Failure to act may be due to reactive inhibition which results from pain or fatigue and acts either as a barrier to repetition of the act or as a drive strengthening any activity associated with its reduction , such as rest ( Rivers 1964 pp 171–2 ) . |
6 | The observed effect may be due to increased formation of such compounds as temperature increases . |
7 | This may be due to demographic distortion , low educational levels or to the impact of income subsidisation measures adopted by governments . |
8 | This may be due to inadequate learning but recent research suggests there is a severe disjunction between what is learned in formal science lessons and what is used in more social and affective situations . |
9 | This may be due to managerial incompetence , in which case the state ( having taken over the investment side of the financial institutions ' business ) could exercise its prerogative as ‘ trustee of the people 's savings ’ to force managerial changes . |
10 | This may be due to poor analysis — the analyst may not have understood fully the present system or the users ’ requirements . |
11 | O. opercularis is very similar to O. bairdi suggesting that any differences may be due to infraspecific variation . |
12 | Because a squint may be due to serious disease , its sudden appearance should always be taken seriously . |
13 | There was some variation between the practices , but only three fundholders reduced their rates , which may be due to normal year on year differences . |
14 | A diminished receptor expression may be due to reduced membrane insertion or increased degradation of the receptor in inhibitor treated cells . |
15 | Respiratory signs may be due to larval damage in the lungs or to the anoxic effects of anaemia . |