Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [be] due " in BNC.
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| 1 | What part of any contraction in the demand for elderly workers has been caused by state action over the setting of pension eligibility terms , and what part has been due to the autonomous decisions of employers , must for the moment remain an open question . |
| 2 | Dull , physically unattractive and solidly Germanic , the new king was hardly the sovereign to arouse his subjects ' patriotic enthusiasm , and that in the opening years of his reign no invasion attempt occurred was due largely to his chief minister , the all-powerful Sir Robert Walpole . |
| 3 | It is thus not possible to tell whether the significance of the laterality effect observed was due to " same " and/or " different " trials . |
| 4 | Members of the University Lecturers Association had been due to take part in a second one-day strike at the university in Aberdeen . |
| 5 | He was reminded of his right of silence by being cautioned on two occasions within a short time of his arrival and , acting on the advice of his attorney , he remained silent when he might have been expected to explain that the shooting had been due to an accident . |
| 6 | The delegation had been due to meet South Korean dissidents to discuss their possible attendance at a North Korean pro-unification rally due to be held at Panmunjom on Aug. 15 . |
| 7 | The central question to be addressed by the committee was : whether any failings in the level and quality of investment have been due in any important degree to an inadequate supply of finance , reflecting a failure in the functioning of the financial system . |
| 8 | There may have been a grain of truth in this , and indeed the symptoms suffered by many people were real enough , but it was question-begging in the extreme to say that the states of mind induced were due to evil forces . |
| 9 | I understand that the closure of the colliery in question has been due to heavy losses resulting from continued failure to meet operating targets . |
| 10 | ( The queen had been due to visit Iran in the royal yacht Britannia in January 1979 ; at the last minute the trip was cancelled because of the turmoil in Iran and the queen sent the Shah a gracious and sympathetic handwritten note of regret ) . |
| 11 | Remember , too , that the strains within the ERM have been due to exceptional circumstances . |
| 12 | This means that most of the recent increase in the proportion of non-manual employment in the employed population has been due to the expansion of service industries and not due to a rise in the number of government employees . |
| 13 | This failure has been due , at least in part , to historians being unaware of the documentation which survives in the hands of the different police forces . |
| 14 | The meeting had been due to clarify agreements in the Economic Community , prior to ratification by the constituent republics ' Supreme Soviets . |
| 15 | It took the buses nearly 15 minutes to inch through the steel gates , two hours after the day shift had been due to start . |
| 16 | ( Part of Arnold 's failure had been due to his poor delivery as few could actually hear his mumbled address . ) |
| 17 | There was thereafter a not inconsiderable delay which the plaintiff explained was due to the delays in the correspondence with the Land Registry and also with the mortgagees ' solicitors . |
| 18 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 19 | The delay has been due mainly to the need to be absolutely certain about the integrity of the flight control system software before the aircraft takes to the air . |
| 20 | That France emerged from the war with some pride restored was due to the existence of the Resistance , who insisted on maintaining the struggle against Germany . |
| 21 | The IBOA Waterford Area Outing had been due to start at 10 . |
| 22 | Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir , claimed that this delay had been due to the unwillingness of the Torit group to accept the participation of the Nasir group in the peace negotiations . |
| 23 | She sued the Ministry of Defence at the Court of Session and the agreement was announced shortly before evidence had been due to start before Lord Prosser yesterday . |
| 24 | No doubt the neglect has been due to the absence of knowledge in dealing with these matters , and the ignorance of the right methods and necessary articles for use … |
| 25 | Deeper hard pans require more drastic operations such as double digging ; in established gardens you may prefer to delay the upheaval until each area affected is due for renewal and replanting . |
| 26 | His earlier lease had been due to expire during the previous year . |
| 27 | The train had been due to arrive at Euston at 9.30 . |
| 28 | The Maldives government also claimed the right to host the fifth summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) instead of Sri Lanka , which as current chair had been due to do so in 1989 , but which had refused owing to the continuing presence in Sri Lanka of Indian troops [ see also p. 37357 ] . |
| 29 | He also expressed confidence that US aid would be resumed " within a few months " , claiming that the suspension had been due to the disproportionate influence exercised in the US Congress by the extreme right-wing Republican Senator Jesse Helms , but that Helms 's views did not represent those of the administration . |
| 30 | The Governor had been due to fly to London on 5 June to testify to the Commons foreign affairs committee on the condition of the colony following the Joint Declaration . |