Example sentences of "due to a [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He died on December 17 , 1907 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey with the honours due to a prince of men
2 This is due to a variety of circumstances ranging from accessibility and remoteness of locations and their suitability for women to local legislation in some countries which prohibits the employment of women either completely or in certain types of jobs .
3 However good diagnostic skills and experience are not uniformly available amongst staff at any given time due to a variety of factors .
4 A decline of such proportions , probably due to a variety of factors , is a clear indication of a severe crisis and would itself justify either a re-launch or closure .
5 Movement can be due to a variety of causes and sometimes results from the combined effect of more than one cause .
6 Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing .
7 However , due to a lack of refinements such as a truss rod , the neck was so warped that I could n't put any frets on it , and so I was introduced to the world of fretless bass at an early age … ’
8 According to Steve Hinton , the project is currently being held up due to a lack of parts , but the machine should be airborne within a couple of months .
9 Due to a shortage of teachers the recruits were more urgently needed in schools .
10 Due to a shortage of interpreters it is essential to request their services well in advance .
11 This she had thought until this moment to be due to a shortage of funds .
12 A scheme under which producers would have held supplies back from the market , approved in March 1988 but never implemented due to a shortage of funds , was formally abandoned .
13 January 1990 because of a flu epidemic … in the three months from November to January this year … officials denied today 's action was due to a shortage of funds , ,
14 New Hartlepool MP Peter Mandelson claims the case of Natalie Readman , five , who was turned away from the town 's general hospital due to a shortage of beds , proves that the quality of local health services is being eroded by the government 's NHS reforms .
15 Nor do we hear much about Russian military equipment that can not be used due to a shortage of spares .
16 His brother Aldo wanted to race just as much as Mario but — due to a couple of accidents — never did as well .
17 Forestry experts suggest that it could be due to a cocktail of factors , including drought and climate change , " acid rain " -type pollution , and insects attacking the trees .
18 Phoning the next day quoting my reference number to say the flight would not go ahead due to a change of circumstances , a long delay ensued .
19 Their success is due to a plague of rats , which thrive in the burgeoning oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) plantations of the Peninsular .
20 Second , if a difference is found this may be due to a range of factors besides marking to the market with stochastic interest rates , such as default risk , liquidity , and regulation .
21 Due to a multiplicity of problems , the ‘ proper course of action ’ was not as evident as it might seem to be in retrospect .
22 The poor start , he suggested , was partly due to a dearth of applications for IBM 's AIX Unix implementation .
23 The poor start , he suggested , was partly due to a dearth of applications for IBM 's AIX Unix implementation .
24 Having led the world into polyester fibre and been highly profitable for many years , we lost the lead position due to a combination of circumstances .
25 ‘ We had trouble underwriting the issue , due to a combination of events , ’ says Mr Reed , ‘ so we were left with part of it , which was n't a particular problem for us . ’
26 Due to a number of circumstances Amy feels she should not be treasurer for nineteen ninety one .
27 The salience of the concept in recent work in pragmatics is due to a number of sources .
28 The increase in the rate for cover under our Buildings insurance and the increase in the Contents and ‘ All Risks ’ rates in certain areas are due to a number of factors :
29 Due to a number of factors , e.g. inflation and current account imbalances , the fixed exchange rate system collapsed in March 1973 .
30 The non-stoichiometry of a reaction can be due to a number of factors such as impurities in the reactants , side reactions and practical factors such as loss on crystallisation .
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