Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] owing to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clypeus , on which arise the cibarial dilator muscles , lies immediately anterior to the frons and the two sclerites are often fused owing to the obliteration of the frontoclypeal sulcus . |
| 2 | While short spacing plays a causal role in child mortality , it also ensues from a child death , as when breastfeeding and abstinence — the traditional spacing mechanisms — are abruptly halted owing to the death of a nursing infant , and conception occurs . |
| 3 | The services of tableware always included numerous saucers which were invariably made of white silver ; they were not gilded owing to the constituents of the sauces , such as lemon juice , which would tarnish the gilded metal . |
| 4 | 12–3–1892 The classes were not held owing to the amount of sickness in the district . |
| 5 | Their journey was severely delayed owing to Leopold , Nannerl and Mozart suffering illnesses . |
| 6 | The Deacon process used a cheaper catalyst ( copper chloride ) and recovered more chlorine ; it remained industrially important for five decades , though its adoption was initially delayed owing to its complexity . |
| 7 | The process was never completed owing to a lack of consensus in a number of important areas and only a few piecemeal changes have been made over the years , most recently the creation of Schools in 1989 . |