Example sentences of "owe their [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third category has been characterized as queen 's bishops , owing their promotion largely to her influence and forming a party deliberately constructed by her over some half a dozen years ; but this view does not survive close scrutiny since only two of the alleged party were even remotely indebted to Isabella for their appointments . |
| 2 | These men have no industrial history and owe their presence there to men like Will Thorne , Jack Jones , etc. , who in the past gave labour the footing that it has attained … |
| 3 | It has been suggested that the term achnelith ( Greek , ‘ spray stones ’ ) should be used to describe pyroclastic particles which originated from lavas so fluid that they owe their shape more to the effects of surface tension than any other cause . |
| 4 | Research has also indicated that many members of the upper strata owe their position primarily to the fact that they have been born into those strata and have capitalized on the advantages provided by their social background . |
| 5 | Moreover , since teachers usually travel free , there is a sneaking suspicion that many exotic trips owe their genesis less to the intrinsic fascination of the flora and fauna than to the fact that the geography master has always wanted to visit Thailand . |
| 6 | Knights owe their allegiance directly to their lord : the Elector Count of their province . |
| 7 | The other rising stars include Jean-Louis Bianco , Minister of Transport , Elisabeth Guigou , who remains in charge of European Affairs , and Segole Royal at Environment , all immensely competent functionaries who owe their allegiance more to the President than the party . |
| 8 | Their places were taken by ‘ new men ’ who owed their rise entirely to Nkrumah , Tawia Adamafio , formerly Busia 's lieutenant , and Coffie Crabbe among them . |
| 9 | Some have been initially successful and then suffered a relapse , suggesting that at least some of the cases owed their success more to the Hawthorne effect than to a deeper understanding of people . |
| 10 | Yet these non-Conservative elements — the Liberal Nationals and National Labour — were becoming more and more adjuncts to the Conservative party , and they owed their seats entirely to the willingness of the Conservatives not to oppose them in the constituencies . |
| 11 | Even when the incumbent on the throne showed little inclination for active policy-making , those who acted for the Tsar owed their power solely to proximity to the throne . |