Example sentences of "due to the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our Employee Report last year , we forecast lower business levels due to the reduction in exploration drilling following lower oil prices . |
| 2 | In the circumstances of the current re–organisation however , employees will be allowed to retain the new level of protected hours , in a higher grade post if the result is a saving due to the reduction in staff numbers , either in the post they are vacating or in a lower graded post further down the structure or if his replacement is being appointed on the grade and hours required in the final structure . |
| 3 | This is mainly due to the reduction in evaporation from foliage and soil afforded by the sheltering effect of the fleece from the drying winds which in these times of drought and hosepipe bans has become a major concern with many gardeners . |
| 4 | It was due to the wickedness of humanity . |
| 5 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 6 | In the same way , the collection of information from the classroom from which we hope to draw inferences about teaching material must be such that distorting factors due to the circumstances of collection do not invalidate its use . |
| 7 | According to a Nature Conservancy Council Report ( 1981b ) significant declines in swan populations in many parts of Britain are due to the ingestion of lead shot and weights which find their way on to lake and stream beds from where they are consumed as grit . |
| 8 | Crop growth will be affected by changes in the length of the growing season , water availability , soil erosion and the frequency of extreme events ( floods , droughts , frosts , heatwaves , forest fires ) as well as through the loss of fertile agricultural land along coasts due to the rise in sea level associated with global warming . |
| 9 | The sums involved are enormous : 70 per cent of the total growth in the nation 's wealth since 1979 has been due to the rise in value of the housing stock . |
| 10 | It seems that if Caribbean parents are not too preoccupied with the ‘ struggle ’ to bring their kids up , and there is every reason to believe that , due to the aftermath of migration , familial ruptures and large , possibly unmanageable families , it is a struggle , they are so eager to compensate for their own lack of education that they encumber their children with over-ambitious objectives backed by inflexible , often demoralizing , discipline . |
| 11 | A paper by Dr Philip James of the University of Dundee published by the Lancet last year amplifies an idea first suggested in the 1930s that the disease may be due to the blockage of blood vessels of the nervous system by fat globules ( Lancet , 1982 , vol 1 , p 380 ) . |
| 12 | Differences of approach due to the size of firm are inevitable . |
| 13 | Due to the size of files this program is only available on 3.5″ discs . |
| 14 | Whilst one of the rights of owners is to use the land which they own as they please , there are restrictions on their use of land due to the rights of others . |
| 15 | Its present appearance is due to the work of Jean-Baptiste Mathey from Dijon . |
| 16 | Efforts to reduce stocking densities have met with little success due to the significance of cattle as a source of wealth and prestige rather than a source of income ( IBRD 1977a ; Doran , Low & Kemp 1979 ) , so that herd size has actually increased between 1968–77 in spite of government efforts to reduce it ( this being discussed further in Ch. 7 ) . |
| 17 | Pip is very self-critical at this point in his life mainly due to the criticism by Estella , about his course hands and thick boots . |
| 18 | Some of these lesser variations are due to the timing of government policy changes in the public sector . |
| 19 | In the Sudan , apart from the increased extent of sand dunes along the Nile , El-Karouri ( 1986 ) reports a decline in sorghum production , a staple food , from in 1961 to in 1973 in the Kardofan region as well as similar declines in maize and millet productivity and a reduction in gum arabic production due to the exploitation of Acacia senegal for fuel and clearance . |
| 20 | This may be partly due to the type of food eaten . |
| 21 | This is partly due to the ability of pulses to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere , which feeds the rest of the mixture , and partly due to the little-understood symbiosis between ‘ companion plants ’ . |
| 22 | This has been partly due to the new and attractive packages offered to depositors , and partly due to the increase in competition in the sector since the interest rate cartel was ended a few years ago . |
| 23 | The forecast growth in numbers seeking employment was due to the increase in numbers of young people coming into the labour market , because of a bulge in the birth rate 16+ years ago , and a substantial increase in the number of married women returning to work . |
| 24 | The net profit margin is lower than forecast due to the increase in interest rates and certain items of expenditure not anticipated at the time of the forecast . |
| 25 | Now the energy L(T) received per unit time contains a factor due to the increase in time interval between photons and another factor due to their red shift . |
| 26 | We need to ask ourselves how LEA advisers should be spending their increased time in schools , bearing in mind that due to the ratio of schools to inspectors , the time spent in any one school will still not be generous . |
| 27 | This is not a fault of the test itself , but is due to the delay between infection and the production of antibodies . |
| 28 | There is a putrid smell from the abomasal contents due to the accumulation of bacteria and the high pH . |
| 29 | Freemasonry in England has negotiated a remarkable U-turn in the last three years due to the criticisms of church , state , its own embarrassed members , the police , the Press and the general public . |
| 30 | The changes in energy of system ( U ) is due to the transfer of energy in to or out of the system . |