Example sentences of "due [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be interesting to see whether current opinion confirms that historical evaluation or throws up masters due for a fuller reassessment . |
| 2 | But he insisted that they were due for a cold meal yesterday . |
| 3 | His best friend was due for a bad let-down , and it was he who would have to spell it out for him . |
| 4 | He 's due for a trim but it 's a bit cold really . |
| 5 | Rafferty , 45 , is due for a huge royalty cheque . |
| 6 | THE HOME video market is due for a big upset later this month . |
| 7 | One society , the Woolwich , then challenged them in court : won , lost on appeal , then won again before the law lords last October , and retrieved £91m ( $160m ) of tax and interest thereon from the Inland Revenue , plus another £6m due after a further appeal-court victory of detail this week . |
| 8 | The gate closes 30 seconds before the arrival of a train , and remains closed if the next train is due within a further 90 seconds . |
| 9 | General Secretariat with a schedule of costs and expenses payable under its law , together with a statement of a fixed amount which it estimates will cover the sums due in a typical case . |
| 10 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
| 11 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 12 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 13 | The fact that the accident rate in wooden aircraft was kept to a reasonable figure and that enough gliders arrived in France in adequate structural condition was due in a considerable measure to Mark Pryor . |
| 14 | When they assured him the deposits were in order , he assumed it was a payment due from a former employer . |
| 15 | Likewise , scorch marks on kitchen worktops due to a hot pan being placed on a worktop is not considered as fire damage . |
| 16 | Having lost several pints of blood due to a nasal haemorrhage , he was much too weak to continue . |
| 17 | The SSPCA said it was distressed that an extreme case of animal cruelty has failed due to a procedural error . |
| 18 | The electric field due to a varying magnetic field |
| 19 | The caution was due to a dark cloud on Airtours ' horizon : the rumour of a possible price war . |
| 20 | However , even this breaks down in some cases — for instance , in the form of hypercholesterolaemia due to a low density lipoprotein receptor defect , the pathology is quantitative , and introducing a normal gene may improve the prognosis , even in adults in whom the disease is dominant . |
| 21 | If treatment is started with higher potencies e.g. LM 3 and above , then initial aggravations could also be due to a higher potency as with the centesimal potencies . |
| 22 | Whether this difference represents an important additional effect of salmeterol or is simply due to a higher relative dose is uncertain . |
| 23 | Lower seroconversion rates in 9-month-olds than in 6-month-olds could be due to a higher incidence of infections with non-polio enteroviruses or other enteric pathogens , which are known to interfere with antibody responses to OPV . |
| 24 | This was due to a higher number of reported sewage leakages . |
| 25 | An eventual 9.5 point gain on the Footsie to 2600.5 was mainly due to a strong early-session bounce on Wall Street . |
| 26 | It is therefore arguable that the tendency towards singular reference with the mixed-descriptions is at least in part due to a strong tendency for named characters to be used as thematic subjects or main characters in continuations , although there is a small first-mention effect . |
| 27 | Look are you , are you looking second sentence , Jemma 's second sentence : This is due to a strong and sweet smell , in middle English it says , by cause of virtues and sweet smell and savour . |
| 28 | Due to a recent rule change , players who fail at the pre-qualifying stage can now return to amateur competition . |
| 29 | Due to a recent change in the law , Holland may become a clearing house for international art thefts . |
| 30 | On Oct. 23 the Nigerian news media reported that peace talks between the Sudanese government and the southern rebel Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) had been postponed due to a recent split within the SPLA leadership . |