Example sentences of "[is] due [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dark band across the middle of the figure is due primarily to atomic hydrogen in the disk between the Sun and the bar . |
| 2 | Mature N. lapillus are thought not to grow ( Moore , 1936 ) but Moore ( 1938a ) found a preponderance of females amongst the largest dog whelks ; he thought this is due either to differential growth rates in the two sexes or to differential onset of maturity.Feare ( 1970c ) also considered that most of the oldest individuals were female . |
| 3 | The brighter sound is due partly to reflected sound from the back of the cabinet , plus bass frequency phase cancellation due to the reduced speaker baffle area . |
| 4 | This fall in consumption is due partly to reduced demand and partly to increasing prices , in turn resulting from reduced catches . |
| 5 | He is due here around 27th as he has a seminar to give in the psychology department of Edinburgh University on 28th . |
| 6 | In any scientific investigation , the extent to which an observed difference is due only to some deliberate perturbation ( internal validity ) and the extent to which such a difference reflects a real difference in the parent population ( external validity ) is dependent on avoidance of a variety of pitfalls . |
| 7 | ‘ Young man , it does not do to appear clever : advancement in the party is due entirely to alcoholic stupidity . ’ |
| 8 | The increase is due mainly to extra material on mechanisms and neighbouring-group effects . |