Example sentences of "may be due [prep] [adj] [noun] " 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 This may be due to financial restrictions on travel but also because of the prevalence today of nationwide state societies in even ‘ primitive ’ areas so that one can no longer study ‘ simple ’ societies in isolation .
4 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 .
5 The reason for the higher figure is not clear , but may be due to environmental variations .
6 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 .
7 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 ) .
8 This may be due to competing demands for ( limited ) attention .
9 The observed effect may be due to increased formation of such compounds as temperature increases .
10 This may be due to demographic distortion , low educational levels or to the impact of income subsidisation measures adopted by governments .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 This may be due to poor analysis — the analyst may not have understood fully the present system or the users ’ requirements .
14 Susan , Carol and Joan use the basilectal [ i ] / [ ] , while Stephen uses [ e : ] / [ o : ] — though this may be due to Eastern Caribbean ( St Vincentian ) influence .
15 O. opercularis is very similar to O. bairdi suggesting that any differences may be due to infraspecific variation .
16 Because a squint may be due to serious disease , its sudden appearance should always be taken seriously .
17 There was some variation between the practices , but only three fundholders reduced their rates , which may be due to normal year on year differences .
18 A diminished receptor expression may be due to reduced membrane insertion or increased degradation of the receptor in inhibitor treated cells .
19 This may be due to different mutations within the APC gene causing variations from a total absence of gene product through to protein only partially reduced in function .
20 Presently , we do not know the reason for this , but it may be due to different conformations of the fusion protein or to dimerization .
21 Respiratory signs may be due to larval damage in the lungs or to the anoxic effects of anaemia .
22 Familial aggregation may be due to shared genes as well as to shared environments — for example common customs , dietary habits , or exposures to viruses , toxins , or chemicals .
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