Example sentences of "[be] owing to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 30 per cent of ruff matings are owing to satellites , and selection has yielded a stable dimorphism of the two forms of male structure and display . |
| 2 | Rollin 's confusion stems from his assumption that because animals have needs we may conclude that they have interests , which , like those of human beings , are owing to the possessor . |
| 3 | The governments ' main complaint is that for the Commission 's plan to work , a special clearing house would have to be set up to reapportion VAT revenue levied in the country of export which would be owing to that of import - where the product would be consumed . |
| 4 | For example , delay on the project may be owing to either lack of information from the surveyor or the failure of the contractor to progress the works at the required pace . |
| 5 | Has Mr Pasta any possible defence to a claim by Manuel for either wages which may be owing to him or unfair dismissal ? |
| 6 | Surely all this frost must be owing to the want of fire in my attempts to thaw it . |
| 7 | I 'd be owing to the stage Mike ! |
| 8 | Whilst discussing Derwentwater he discourages drawing from a boat or small island , ‘ the passion for boat prospects is owing to the delusive fascinations of the water . ’ |
| 9 | Thus it is clear that it is owing to her body that a woman is defective . ) |
| 10 | It is owing to the fact that Christianity is a historical religion , having a necessary reference to a past period of human history , that such a discussion needs to proceed . |
| 11 | It is owing to that dynamic force , and that remarkable personality , that the Liberal Party , to which he formerly belonged , has been smashed to pieces ; and it is my firm conviction that , in time , the same thing will happen to our party . |
| 12 | My motive is owing to no dislike I have for him but methinks it would reflect a little upon my Pamela if she had married a man for his estate when she had rather have had another . |
| 13 | Both are in private hands , and it is owing to the generosity of the owner of one of them , the French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset , that I am able to report on it . |
| 14 | And if it does n't make any money , thought Charles , you do n't even get what 's owing to you . |
| 15 | As clearly as anyone he saw what was owing to the university of Cambridge . |
| 16 | The city 's importance was owing to the new Emperor , Charles Habsburg , succeeding his grandfather in 1519 to become Charles V. The House of Habsburg held Germany and Spain , and Milan and the eastern end of Lombardy held the key to a potential land bridge between the two — a bridge desired by Charles and feared by France . |
| 17 | ‘ He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff 's default ; or perhaps that the escape was the consequence of vis major , or the act of God ; but as nothing of this sort exists here , it is unnecessary to inquire what excuse would be sufficient . |
| 18 | Her intimacy with those splendid past days was owing to her father 's priming . |
| 19 | The first part dealt with unmixed foil and stated that ownership in the foil would transfer to the buyers only when they had paid all that was owing to the sellers . |