Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb mod] be due " in BNC.
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| 1 | This of course might be due to the fact that the sample as a whole has a long working week ; it certainly contradicts the impression given by the women themselves that ‘ women 's work is never done ’ : |
| 2 | Infection of the fallopian tubes must remain the most important cause of infertility today , although only a minority of cases will be due to gonorrhoea . |
| 3 | An increase in the number of veins may be due either to an increase in the number of branches of a principal vein , or to the development of secondary longitudinal veins , between preexisting veins . |
| 4 | The problem of motivation may be due to the lack of self-esteem and self-actualisation the job gives the employee . |
| 5 | This general type of bias may be due to a selective memory search for information favouring a positive personal outcome . |
| 6 | On the other hand it is possible thatsuch a diagnostic suspicion bias accounts for the modest increase in risk among current users but not former users of the pill , although previous work has suggested that this pattern of risk may be due to an accelerating effect of the pill . |
| 7 | Though an increased incidence of cancer could be due to ascertainment bias because hypertensive patients are under closer medical surveillance than normotensive patients , this would not account for the association between mortality from cancer and blood pressure . |
| 8 | Most of this extension of English may be due to political or commercial reasons . |