Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [verb] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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1 | This may have been due to a reluctance to suck more money out of a generous population , or to the usual delays in carrying out orders from Moscow . |
2 | This may have been due to an accident , but two Ju88s of 5/LG 1 were badly damaged over Malta , presumably hit by A.A. fire and force-landed at Catania on their return . |
3 | This may have been due to the tendency of the former to attract in young people , leading to net gains by migration among 15–24-year-olds ( Chapter 10 ) . |
4 | To some extent this may have been due to the Stanleys ' own efforts , since they had the firmer territorial base in the region , but it must also reflect the king 's wishes . |
5 | This may have been due to the support of Steel-Maitland who was a founder member before he became Party Chairman and who later served on its committee on mental health . |
6 | This may have been due to the long delays in the submission and execution of spot trades caused by the overloading of the NYSE order routing system . |
7 | This may have been due to the fact that preparations for hosting the 1966 World Cup Finals were under way and there were fears that , as the English game came under greater international scrutiny , football hooliganism could damage the nation 's prestige . |
8 | One suspects that this may have been due to a sense of betrayal , when Duke Philip of Burgundy 's change of policy in the mid 1430s turned Flanders into a hostile country instead of an ally , and partly to the closeness of past commercial ties , when the wool trade had linked the two lands in any uneasy partnership . |
9 | To some extent this may have been due to the Stanleys ' own efforts , since they had the firmer territorial base in the region , but it must also reflect the king 's wishes . |
10 | The effect of this may have been beneficial to some of the British potters , especially in Oxfordshire where good quality imitations of provincial samian vessels were produced . |
11 | Modern medical thinking suggests this might have been due to what is commonly known as a ‘ bunch of grapes pregnancy ’ . |
12 | This might have been due to the support from the student management system . |
13 | Neville Sims , chairman of the committee that heard the case , said in the statement ( see p 99 ) that while the case was not easy to decide , ‘ in our opinion the relationship between the individuals in Coopers , Asil Nadir and PPI constituted a clear continuing professional relationship , and had you made proper inquiries before accepting the appointment , that this would have been clear to you ’ . |
14 | The major industrial nations have been lowering the energy intensity of their economies since the 1970s ; the degree to which this will continue is central to any energy consumption projection . |