Example sentences of "that this was due to " in BNC.

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1	Hall appeared with a letter from the Duke , who perhaps not unexpectedly said that he had some ‘ pressing business in Scotland ’ and , therefore , regretfully had to resign his duties , 2 although Burn later said that this was due to the death of the Duke 's uncle .
2	But , says his co-worker Dr David Morgan , if Allison thought that this was due to the production of free-oxygen radicals , ‘ He certainly did not say so at the time . ’
3	He found the occurrence of certain standard distances and speculated that this was due to a ‘ cosmic force ’ creating a crystalline pattern on the Earth 's surface .
4	He suggests that this was due to the fact that Russia was the ‘ weak link ’ in a ‘ collection of imperialist states ’ , by virtue of the fact that it contained ‘ all the contradictions which were then possible within a single state ’ .
5	The newspapers said that this was due to the fact that the Syrian army was tightening its ring around the southern suburbs of Beirut where the French and American hostages were thought to be .
6	It was alleged that the retailer committed an offence under section 1 by selling bars of chocolate bearing the misleading label ‘ Extra value ’ and that this was due to the act or default of the defendants , the manufacturers .
7	The government argued that this was due to loans from foreign aid donors not being paid on time and appealed for a waiver of the test .
8	Various political analysts agreed that this was due to popular participation in the nationwide establishment of impartial electoral courts and clear rules for the running of elections .
9	Endoscopic ultrasonography , successfully performed on this occasion , showed that this was due to minor local thickening of the oesophageal wall .
10	She thought it unlikely that this was due to concern for her feelings — it would be a new departure for him to accept that she might have any , apart from avarice .

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