Example sentences of "[noun] [be] due to the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | High tides on the opposite side are due to the centrifugal force of the Earth 's rotation . |
| 2 | Our thanks are due to the original cast for the creation of these offstage characters . |
| 3 | He posits that some of the changing trends in baseball violence are due to the increased commercialisation of the sport . |
| 4 | Is it not clear that the welcome improved prospects for an effective United Nations are due to the Soviet Union 's abandonment in the late 1980s of the aim of intimidating western Europe into submission and expanding its power generally ? |
| 5 | This low figure is due to the high proportion of vaccinated people in the United Kingdom and the limited overlap between the population with HIV and those at risk of myco-bacterial reactivation . |
| 6 | The question now becomes that of deciding what precise proportion of any unexpectedly high price is due to the aggregate demand shock and what proportion is due to the relative demand shock . |
| 7 | The onus is on the defendant to show that the escape was due to the unforeseeable act of a stranger without any negligence on his own part . |
| 8 | v. Moore-Gwyn , for instance , there was no liability for the fall of rocks from an outcrop , when the fall was due to the natural process of weathering . |
| 9 | The diabetics chosen for this study were free of clinical evidence of vascular disease , which suggests that the platelet abnormalities in this diabetic group were due to the diabetic state ( Jones et al , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | The military 's claim that the escalating protests were due to the growing presence of " seditious " forces were denied by the Catholic Church and the trade unions , which claimed that this was part of a government strategy to weaken a popular opposition movement . |
| 11 | Dealers often tell potential customers that the rug 's silken appearance is due to the superb quality of the wool . |
| 12 | He said he had written to everyone who had included an address , explaining that the problem in the dress circle was due to the original structure of the theatre . |
| 13 | This contradiction was due to the increasing tension between classes , caused by the development of the technology . |
| 14 | The response of the COS to recognition that a proportion of poverty was due to the overstocked state of the labour market was to try to ensure that the available jobs went to the respectable and self-helping , who would serve as an example to others . |
| 15 | The investigators speculated that the lack of effect in their study population was due to the 6-monthly rather than 4-monthly dosing schedule , the low mortality rate in the control group , or the postulated lack of other nutrients , such as fat or zinc , in the diet . |
| 16 | These picture faults are due to the technical compromises which are built into video and television systems . |
| 17 | It has been suggested that the different findings in these studies were due to the different techniques applied to the collection of blood samples . |
| 18 | Much credit is due to the quick thinking of his jockey John Buckingham riding in his first Grand National , in steering him over to the wide outside and popping him through a gap . |
| 19 | The delay is due to the complex documentation required , X/Open claims , saying that it wants to make a big splash for XPG4 , now scheduled for the Autumn . |
| 20 | Whether , of course , the association between education and earnings is due to the improved productivity of individuals or whether education acts simply as a form of credentialism , is an important debate but beyond the scope of this chapter . |
| 21 | The government was evidently worried by Home Intelligence reports to the effect that there was an almost ‘ unanimous belief that the success of the Russian armies is due to the political system of that country ’ . |
| 22 | The question now becomes that of deciding what precise proportion of any unexpectedly high price is due to the aggregate demand shock and what proportion is due to the relative demand shock . |
| 23 | When he knew for certain that a particular shooting or explosion was due to the very cell that he controlled , he consoled himself that it was the will of Allah . |
| 24 | Perhaps the attraction was due to the German blood which flowed in the veins of some of my ancestors ; it was no doubt helped by my veneration for the genius of men like Wagner and Goethe . |
| 25 | For others , the delay was due to the appalling state of Spanish railways . |
| 26 | Lack of experience in command positions was due to the rapid Kigerianization of the army shortly before independence . |
| 27 | That it did not do so may in part be due to the late H.H. Mayberry , from Marshall County , Tennessee , who in the early 1880s paid a stranger from Nova Scotia $36 ( about $800 in today 's money ) for four of the goats on the strength of their ‘ strange fits or fainting spells , the like of which had never been seen before ’ . |
| 28 | The success of this greatly appreciated service must in a great measure be due to the pleasant and most helpful personality of the librarian . |
| 29 | The recurrent difficulty to position mitochondrial sequences from C.reinhardtii in phylogenetic trees is due to the extreme branch length of C.reinhardtii and is expected to disappear with the availability of more data from green algal species . |
| 30 | This rapid rise in fundal pH is due to the buffering effect of the food , largely because of the protein present , and this has been seen in previous experiments with different test meals . |