Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is principally due to the fact that most of the world 's shorelines show signs of both emergence and submergence due to oscillations of sea level in the Pleistocene period . |
| 2 | changes in income due to movement of people on and off the community charges . |
| 3 | Furthermore , an insurance against loss of income due to unemployment , old age or illness is provided by means of the social security system , which also provides support for those on low pay or in poverty . |
| 4 | Yet on Beveridge 's own admission , loss of support due to marriage breakdown was a serious risk to a dependent wife , equivalent to an employed person 's loss of income due to unemployment . |
| 5 | In the latter case the net income attributable to shareholders will have to be assessed on the basis of whether it is reasonable compared with desired yields . |
| 6 | Variety wrote , ‘ Though an actor since age 13 , Crawford had never before danced and he is surprisingly successful at it , in some measure due to Gene Kelly having personally helped him weekends during the shooting . ’ |
| 7 | Furthermore , while quotes like those above have an immediate impact they ignore the variations in the patterns of victimisation due to age , race and gender . |
| 8 | For example , it is not possible to differentiate between a hilar stricture caused by focal sclerosing cholangitis from one resulting from a cholangiocarcinoma , or a distal stricture due to cancer of the pancreas from a stricture caused by chronic pancreatitis . |
| 9 | What it does not seem to me to offer , and what seems crucial for the intensely generic regime which television operates , is the beginning of a theory of genre specific to television which addresses not only the systems , but the forms of subjectivity which these systems imply . |
| 10 | This was in part due to changes and developments in weaponry . |
| 11 | The scale of the damage was in part due to deforestation in the area , which meant that the torrential rain was not absorbed by trees and vegetation . |
| 12 | This is in part due to practice ; but there is also an influence of maturation , for if a chick is prevented from pecking at food during its second day , it will still be better at pecking on its third than on its first day ( Figure 3.5 ) but it will not be as accurate as it would have been if it had been allowed to practise . |
| 13 | This was in part due to Reginald Birch 's illustrations which kept the boy always in black velvet and lace , even when he was riding his pony , and in part to the intense relationship between mother and son ; Mrs Burnett here had in mind herself and her son Vivian , upon whom Fauntleroy himself was modelled . |
| 14 | Here we shall discuss that formulation due to Farrell and Maskin(1989) . |
| 15 | The doctor , for instance , stated : ‘ I use the World Health Organisation classification of impairment , disability and handicap , and handicap is the social effect of the disadvantage suffered because of a person having disability which means a loss or an alteration of function due to impairment . ’ |
| 16 | The director , however , stressed the need for constraint due to cuts in spending anticipated over the next year , and suggested that the governors select particular matters for prioritization . |
| 17 | UNICEF 's 1990 The State of the World 's Children report said that some 40,000 children died every day from malnutrition and preventable illnesses ( principally immunizable diseases , dehydration due to diarrhoea , and pneumonia ) . |
| 18 | Also , serum glucose concentrations may vary considerably during a constant infusion of blucose due to insulin secretion . |
| 19 | Whilst at Abu Sueir I managed to get a great deal of tennis but my rugger was curtailed slightly , I played for a scratch side called the Canal Zone but was not allowed to take part in away matches because of the time I would have to spend away from the course due to travelling . |
| 20 | The race , and the championship , were won at Monza , but not without difficulty due to Emerson 's fear of running out of fuel , which he conserved with characteristic prudence . |
| 21 | The Liberal Democrats have claimed that over half a million bottle-fed babies in England and Wales may be at risk from mental retardation due to lead pollution of tap water . |
| 22 | There are numerous examples of the poor quality of court-appointed lawyers ; John Young went to his death even though his trial lawyer had signed an affidavit admitting he had been ill-prepared at trial due to drug use , the recent break-up of his marriage and the discovery of his own homosexuality ; another attorney had his breath checked by the judge for signs of alcohol , another was found to be in contempt of court after arriving back from lunch drunk … and so I could go on . |
| 23 | Both Evangelicals and Utilitarians wished to impose the middle-class way of life upon their thriftless fellow men , whose poverty , they believed , was in great measure attributable to improvident and ungodly habits , such as addiction to drink and raising illegitimate children . |
| 24 | Glucose absorption was highest in normal intestine from UK-ORS but not in secreting intestine and this certainly suggests an important role for passive glucose absorption due to solvent drag . |
| 25 | In enclosed basins water-loading by lakes may further contribute to subsidence , though their effect will be far more ephemeral than sediment loading as they are likely to undergo repeated phases of growth and desiccation due to changes in climate . |
| 26 | It is the intention to include damage due to explosion and collapse which is often specifically included in the wording used by other companies . |
| 27 | There is a strong connection between low-weight births and the incidence of mental handicap , with half of the babies weighing less than 1,500 grams having some form of damage due to factors such as oxygen starvation or low blood sugar . |
| 28 | ( b ) Cause The accident was caused by failure of both engines because of mechanical damage due to bird ingestion . |
| 29 | This contingency includes loss or damage due to vandalism or acts of malicious persons . |
| 30 | It also lubricates hair , making it easier to comb , thus reducing damage due to friction . |