Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be due to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such views may be due to the sporadic publication of relevant data , particularly that of time series , for statistically more developed countries . |
| 2 | Most cases of pathological phimosis result from balanitis xerotica obliterans , while the remainder may be due to a different , distinct fibrotic disease . |
| 3 | The increased parietal cell mass may be due to the longterm trophic effects of H pylori induced hypergastrinaemia on the oxyntic mucosa , due to smoking , represent the genetic factor in duodenal ulcer , or be due to any combination of these . |
| 4 | If the value of total output should double from , say , £10 billion to £20 billion , this does not necessarily mean that total output itself has doubled : part of the increase may indeed be due to an increase in physical output , but part may be due to an increase in prices . |
| 5 | Respiratory signs may be due to larval damage in the lungs or to the anoxic effects of anaemia . |
| 6 | Banging sounds emanating from the boiler may be due to a build-up of scale or to air being drawn into the system . |
| 7 | Thus differences in pay and prestige between occupational groups may be due to differences in their power rather than their functional importance . |
| 8 | This finding may be due to a reduced level of arachidonic acid in platelet membrane phospholipids of diabetic subjects as described by Jones et al ( 1983 ) . |
| 9 | Female influence was greatest in consumer decisions , and least in public affairs ( although , as in the above example of voting choices , the researchers say that the latter finding may be due to the men 's unwillingness to admit to having serious political discussions with women ) . |
| 10 | Even without him playing the improvement in the defence must be due to a large degree to his presence . |
| 11 | The damage to the contents of the freezer must be due to : |
| 12 | Many cases of childhood eczema may be due to allergy to cow 's milk , but some 50 per cent or so may clear up quite spontaneously , without any change in diet . |
| 13 | Other changes in reporting may be due to shifts in public perceptions of police attitudes towards specific crimes . |
| 14 | However , a possible explanation has been put forward by Brooks et al ( 1971 ) , which proposes that softening of the atheromatous plaque may be due to the presence of unusual lipids ( cholesteryl esters of hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid ) found in high concentrations in ulcerated plaques ( Harland et al , 1971 ) which are thought to produce smooth muscle cell necrosis at the base of the plaque . |
| 15 | In the case of synthetic chemicals apparently causing asthma , the effect may be due to irritation rather than an allergic reaction . |
| 16 | The observed effect may be due to increased formation of such compounds as temperature increases . |
| 17 | Many of the cases of torsades de pointes reported during procainamide therapy may be due to the actions of its active metabolite , N-acetylprocainamide , which often accumulates in patients with renal disease . |
| 18 | She thought the strange light must be due to her dizziness but then she realised it was spring and the sun was shining . |
| 19 | She felt she could no longer trust her own ideas , the disagreements she had had with Clare , Bryony and Sue must be due to her own ignorance . |
| 20 | Alternatively the decrease might be due to a progressive increase in vortex pinning in the superfluid as the neutron star slows down and cools . |
| 21 | Suspecting that her diarrhoea and wind might be due to Candida infection , she put her on an anti-Candida diet and a course of anti-fungal drugs . |
| 22 | Unthinkable that this anomaly might be due to a misspeaking of the orthodox surgical liturgy ! |
| 23 | The absence of this association might be due to the smaller number of subjects in our study . |
| 24 | A FULL inquiry has begun into remarks by a senior Strathclyde Region official that the high numbers of black and Asian children in special schools could be due to genetic or nutritional factors . |
| 25 | We suspect , however , that the reason for the low positivity in their experiment could be due to differences in sensitivity , and this study failed to include positive control tissue infected with tuberculosis to detect this . |
| 26 | Thus , Jones and Goethals ( 1971 ) , reviewing this and similar studies , argue that the primacy effect could be due to one of three possible causal processes : attention decrement , discounting , and assimilation . |
| 27 | The principal effect would be due to their interaction with the heavy positively-charged matter in the atoms . |
| 28 | In all of these cases , the failure to publish the results of their research would be due to changes of circumstance which are quite understandable . |
| 29 | In all of these cases , the failure to publish the results of their research would be due to changes of circumstance which are quite understandable . |
| 30 | Secondary porosities can be due to the dissolution of detrital grains ( Fig. 5.16c , d ) , of cements and authigenic minerals ( Fig. 5.16e ) plus shrinkage of certain sediments ( particularly glauconitic sediments ) , and fracturing after cementation . |