Example sentences of "due to the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increase in the proportion of DN cells in TCR- β mutant mice is due to the reduction in the numbers of DP cells : the number per thymus of each DN subpopulation is not altered by the introduction of the TCR- β mutation ( Figs 2 a , 3a and b ) . |
| 2 | Much of this shift is due to the reduction in pre-marital conceptions , which used to be a major precipitating factor in marriage ( Britton 1980 ) . |
| 3 | This is mainly due to the reduction in evaporation from foliage and soil afforded by the sheltering effect of the fleece from the drying winds which in these times of drought and hosepipe bans has become a major concern with many gardeners . |
| 4 | In our Employee Report last year , we forecast lower business levels due to the reduction in exploration drilling following lower oil prices . |
| 5 | In the circumstances of the current re–organisation however , employees will be allowed to retain the new level of protected hours , in a higher grade post if the result is a saving due to the reduction in staff numbers , either in the post they are vacating or in a lower graded post further down the structure or if his replacement is being appointed on the grade and hours required in the final structure . |
| 6 | The distinction between steady-state subduction and plate collision at convergent boundaries is due to the resistance of continental crust and island arcs to subduction , although it is possible that the latter can be subducted . |
| 7 | That he is ranked only No 4 in the world at the moment is due to the eccentricity of the system . |
| 8 | The English might have created the form of Irish oppression , Engels wrote in 1848 , but the poverty was due to the temperament of the people . |
| 9 | It was due to the wickedness of humanity . |
| 10 | According to a Nature Conservancy Council Report ( 1981b ) significant declines in swan populations in many parts of Britain are due to the ingestion of lead shot and weights which find their way on to lake and stream beds from where they are consumed as grit . |
| 11 | " How far was the decline of the Liberal party 1906–24 due to the rise of the Labour Party ? " |
| 12 | Consider our question " How far was the decline of the Liberal party 1906–24 due to the rise of the Labour party ? " . |
| 13 | How far was the decline of the Liberal party 1906–24 due to the rise of the Labour party ? |
| 14 | How far was the decline of the Liberal party 1906–24 due to the rise of the Labour party ? |
| 15 | The sums involved are enormous : 70 per cent of the total growth in the nation 's wealth since 1979 has been due to the rise in value of the housing stock . |
| 16 | Crop growth will be affected by changes in the length of the growing season , water availability , soil erosion and the frequency of extreme events ( floods , droughts , frosts , heatwaves , forest fires ) as well as through the loss of fertile agricultural land along coasts due to the rise in sea level associated with global warming . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , largely due to the rise in the Japanese stock market over 1986-9 , bonds with equity warrants attached became an attractive means of finance for Japanese industrial companies . |
| 18 | It seems that if Caribbean parents are not too preoccupied with the ‘ struggle ’ to bring their kids up , and there is every reason to believe that , due to the aftermath of migration , familial ruptures and large , possibly unmanageable families , it is a struggle , they are so eager to compensate for their own lack of education that they encumber their children with over-ambitious objectives backed by inflexible , often demoralizing , discipline . |
| 19 | A paper by Dr Philip James of the University of Dundee published by the Lancet last year amplifies an idea first suggested in the 1930s that the disease may be due to the blockage of blood vessels of the nervous system by fat globules ( Lancet , 1982 , vol 1 , p 380 ) . |
| 20 | Due to the complexity of the internal alterations it was necessary for the work to be programmed and undertaken in several phases , within the overall contract period of 18 months . |
| 21 | This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 22 | This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 23 | POSC believes non object-oriented methods of integrating data can take weeks or months — if it 's done at all due to the complexity of what 's involved . |
| 24 | It may be an abuse of process if either ( a ) the prosecution have manipulated or misused the process of the court so as to deprive the defendant of a protection provided by the law or to take unfair advantage of a technicality , or ( b ) on the balance of probability the defendant has been , or will be , prejudiced in the preparation or conduct of his defence by delay on the part of the prosecution which is unjustifiable : for example , not due to the complexity of the inquiry and preparation of the prosecution case , or to the action of the defendant or his co-accused , or to genuine difficulty in effecting service . |
| 25 | This is mainly due to the complexity of the AP response , which involves several tissues with possible feed-back loops . |
| 26 | Although the case was ‘ exceptional ’ , due to the size of the financial crash , and a careful balance between the administrators ' reasonable needs and the oppression of the addressee was necessary , applications were not necessarily unreasonable because they were inconvenient to the addressee , caused a lot of work or made them vulnerable to future claims . |
| 27 | Due to the size of files this program is only available on 3.5″ discs . |
| 28 | When dealing with levels of transitions higher than bigrams storage problems can arise due to the size of the transition matrix . |
| 29 | Differences of approach due to the size of firm are inevitable . |
| 30 | Their typical arcuate plan form is probably due to the relationship between the angle of subduction and the Earth 's curvature . |