Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [be] due [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Respiratory signs may be due to larval damage in the lungs or to the anoxic effects of anaemia .
2 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 .
3 The possibility that the effects could be due to internal contamination by radioactive substances , a chemical , or some other exposure at work should be explored .
4 Thirteen of the health effects would be due to thyroid cancer fatalities , assuming a 5 per cent fatality rate among a total number of expected thyroid cancers of 250 .
5 Attention has already been drawn to one of the objectives in establishing the Scottish Journal of Geology in 1965 , which was the rapid publication of results of research in Scottish geology carried out in universities , so that this may account in part for the halving of the average delay period after 1965 , but subsequent reductions must be due to other factors .
6 Attention has already been drawn to one of the objectives in establishing the Scottish Journal of Geology in 1965 , which was the rapid publication of results of research in Scottish geology carried out in universities , so that this may account in part for the halving of the average delay period after 1965 , but subsequent reductions must be due to other factors .
7 With the exception of Romania ( where the extremely high maternal mortality caused by abortions may be due to illegal interruption of pregnancies as a consequence of abrupt termination of a previously free induced abortion system ) , maternal mortality due to obstetric causes is much higher than those caused by abortion .
8 In addition , the differences we see between the rhythm measured normally and under constant routine conditions must be due to external causes ( rhythms in our life-style and environment ) .
9 These problems can be due to poor pot construction , or to the fact that the carbon track on the pot is reacting like an old-style carbon granule microphone , thus making the pot noisy when used .
10 The increase in laminin concentrations in these patients could be due to increased synthesis by Ito cells .
11 O. opercularis is very similar to O. bairdi suggesting that any differences may be due to infraspecific variation .
12 You should report any vaginal discharge , pain after intercourse or abdominal pain , especially if accompanied by fever , as these symptoms may be due to pelvic infection which requires prompt treatment .
13 Maccoby and Jacklin ( 1974 ) refuse to consider the psychoanalytically-influenced hypothesis that women 's low scores might be due to strong but repressed , rather than weak , aggression , because the first of these is not susceptible to traditional psychological testing .
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