Example sentences of "[is] due to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delayed maturation Some researchers have indicated that persistence of bedwetting after the age of 5 years is due to delayed maturation of the necessary mechanisms ( Bakwin and Bakwin 1972 ) . |
| 2 | The State acknowledges that the homage of public worship is due to Almighty God . |
| 3 | In many cases this is due to great disappointment : if you can not enjoy yourself at Christmas when can you enjoy yourself ? |
| 4 | According to Isaac et al. ( 1982 ) the northerly dip on the Rusey and other thrusts in this zone is due to postorogenic tilting , perhaps related to the injection of the granites . |
| 5 | If the authority can show that a lack of sufficiently qualified staff is due to overall financial problems , then an action would be unlikely to succeed . |
| 6 | Indeed ‘ the whole piece is something of a dream ’ ( Hugo Young , The Guardian , 21 June 1988 ) , in which ‘ you could n't take a single thing seriously ’ ( according to Pearce ) because ‘ any resemblance between it and the world of 1988 is due to administrative oversight ’ ( Patrick Stoddart , The Sunday Times , 26 June 1988 ) . |
| 7 | The ministry has pointed out that the incidence of the disease in four-year-old cattle is due to banned feed being used after the cut off date on 18 July , 1989 . |
| 8 | ‘ There are no trains Eastbound on the Central Line until further notice , this is due to inaudible inaudible London Underground would like to apologise for any inconvenience . |
| 9 | In the Third World land scarcity among the poor is due to skewed ownership , not an overload of people . |
| 10 | Where failure is due to inadequate foundations , and where neither the cause nor the effect can be eliminated , then underpinning will stabilise the building and restore its use and value . |
| 11 | This variation is due to inadequate and imperfect monitoring , but nevertheless indicates that the problem is immense . |
| 12 | Their conclusions may be formulated as follows : if A conducts mining operations on his own land in such a way as to cause water to flood his neighbour 's mine and the inundation is due to mere gravitation , A is not liable ( or at least he is not strictly liable under Rylands v. Fletcher ) , but if the flooding is due to A 's accumulation of the water ( e.g . |
| 13 | This is due to increased demand on funds . |
| 14 | ‘ The projected 20% growth in the world semiconductor market this year is due to increased demand for chips used in personal computers and related applications , ’ according to Doug Andrey , Director of Industry Statistical Programs for the Association . |
| 15 | We propose that the increase in electrical conductivity in the unsaturated carbon-bearing samples is due to increased connectivity of carbon as the pore volume is lost and pore throats close down , leaving only compacted carbon conduction pathways . |
| 16 | It has been hypothesised that this characteristic is due to extra chromosomal material in the X chromosome as compared with the Y chromosome . |
| 17 | Much of this overexploitation is due to poor institutional control . |
| 18 | Er the Government find it absolutely unacceptable for people to wait on trolleys , once the decision for admission has been made er but My Lords sometimes it is necessary to wait er for observation purposes or sometimes for diagnostic treatments , er which actually have to take place in the A and E department er but My Lords it 's very interesting to see how similar hospitals vary , even within the same vicinity and we believe a great deal of this is due to poor management . |
| 19 | Noise in this context is due to various sources : |
| 20 | And it is ‘ highly unlikely ’ that this is due to pure chance , it says . |
| 21 | For ambulance men and air-traffic controllers , those in ‘ supply-and-demand ’ situations , the demand is due to external factors and the workers have to respond ; their work load is not self-paced . |
| 22 | The internal cause of the rhythm can be established in the normal manner — by making the intake of food and water , the posture , and environment of the volunteers constant through the 24 hours ( see Fig. 1.3 ) The rhythm that persists in these circumstances indicates that the effect of the body clock and the difference from the normal rhythm is due to external causes . |
| 23 | That the control of gene activity that characterizes a particular cell type is due to specific factors in the cell acting on the promoter , comes from experiments in which the promoter elements are switched around . |
| 24 | Any residual variation ( R ) is due to longer-term cycles and/or minor unexplained disturbances . |
| 25 | For example , British Telecom 's service has received heavy criticism since privatisation ; but how much of this failure to provide an ‘ adequate , service is due to post-privatisation behaviour as opposed to decisions ( perhaps inadequate investment ) made beforehand ? |
| 26 | Some of this is due to malicious vandalism , but much more interference is probably caused by ignorance or thoughtlessness . |
| 27 | It is due to excess nutrients in the water — check that your tapwater filter is operating properly , as these should be filtered out . |
| 28 | The usual cause of death is due to internal injuries caused by butting , or exhaustion resulting from being chased . |
| 29 | The important point is to diagnose whether the short-fall is due to internal causes or external pressures . |
| 30 | There are remains of the medieval building on the first floor , but its present appearance as a Renaissance house is due to late 16C work , probably by Campion de Bossi . |