Example sentences of "[adv] owing to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She believes that the sudden growth in women 's writing and the interest in issues relating to women was largely owing to the rise of the companionate marriage . |
| 2 | In mass production , duties and responsibilities are clearly set out , largely owing to the nature of the technology , and this favours a formal , authoritarian structure . |
| 3 | Communist influence in the ILP began to increase rapidly , largely owing to the work of the Revolutionary Policy Committee which began as an independent minority working within the ILP but eventually merged into the Communist Party . |
| 4 | This was kept locked from tenants who could n't have used it anyway owing to the condition of the two inside walls , which were crumbling alarmingly . |
| 5 | In the standard account of expansionary monetary policy illustrated in Figure 7.6 , the economy is seen to move from point A to point B very quickly owing to the immediate impact that the increase in the supply of money has upon the rate of interest . |
| 6 | Many local authorities prefer litigation , possibly owing to the choice and influence of their own legal departments . |
| 7 | The trouble is that there are just not enough places available at the moment , and in recent years local authorities have been unable to provide more owing to the shortage of funds and the cash limits imposed on local authority expenditure by central government . |
| 8 | Gradually these courts decayed , partly owing to the jealousy of the Common Law Courts , which interfered with them and extended their own jurisdiction . |
| 9 | This it says , is partly owing to the ‘ lack of consistent pan-London planning ’ . |
| 10 | Mazarin encouraged Cambert to compose a more ambitious five-act comedie en musique , comme on faisait en Italie , Ariane et Bacchus ( 1659 ) , with a large orchestra ; it was rehearsed but , partly owing to the Cardinal 's death , not performed and the score of this also is lost . |
| 11 | Their policy on reducing strikes has been successful , partly owing to the introduction of democratic ballots before strike action . |
| 12 | It was apparent that Labour had done well in the old inner cities , which the population had been leaving in the previous decade , partly owing to the growth of suburbs , partly owing to the effects of wartime bombing . |
| 13 | It was apparent that Labour had done well in the old inner cities , which the population had been leaving in the previous decade , partly owing to the growth of suburbs , partly owing to the effects of wartime bombing . |
| 14 | The two elements are equally well reconciled in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , where we are introduced to the workings of the ‘ Spirit ’ to a large degree ; the very setting of the poem , where the poet finds that ‘ at my side my cradled infant slumbers peacefully ’ suggests the power of creation ; it is partly owing to the silent yet undeniable presence of the product of his own regeneration that allows Coleridge to ascend to the levels of ‘ meditation with its strange and extreme silentness ’ . |
| 15 | The piece attributed to Eckard ( p.88 ) is better , partly owing to the complexity of the ‘ galant ’ melodic style characteristic of that composer , which guarantees a certain minimum of interest ( illusn ) . |
| 16 | Commissions of inquiry regarding the state of the forests and abuses of the Forest law were appointed , but never sat , probably owing to the disintegration of the party of reform early in the next year . |
| 17 | Yet he looked much worse than my Hope girl at this same stage , probably owing to the shock of his accident . |
| 18 | In most insects they consist of two groups of muscles : ( 1 ) a pair of dorsoventral muscles by whose contraction the tergal region of the thorax is depressed , with the result that the wings are forced upwards owing to the peculiar nature of their articulation with the thorax ; ( 2 ) a pair of longitudinal muscles by whose contraction the tergal region becomes arched upwards which results in the wings being forced downwards . |
| 19 | Nevertheless if the vein deteriorated , then they stood to come out of their term ( usually , but not always , two months ) , with scarcely enough money for food or even owing to the company . |
| 20 | We expect to recruit mainly from Germany , since there is widespread unemployment among trained language teachers there owing to the system of free admission to teacher training . |
| 21 | Then owing to the charge on one cylinder ( per unit length of course ) |
| 22 | On one sunny afternoon , when running and feeding a platen-machine ( by hand ) and sweating profusely owing to the heat , the rattle of the front-door bell told me to attend the counter . |
| 23 | Naturally , if the ions attract the electrons the converse is true as well , i.e. owing to the magnetic force on the electrons , there is also an inward force upon the ions . |
| 24 | Obviously positive inflation may remain a feature of this hypothetical economy even if it is operating at the natural unemployment rate ( i.e. owing to the persistence of inflationary expectations . |
| 25 | This was in a line with Halling Man on the old river bank , but sadly owing to the urgency of the work the remains were buried under the pylon . |
| 26 | " When asked " Were they forcibly evicted , or did they go of their own free will ? " he answered " Some left voluntarily owing to the poor markets . " |