Example sentences of "be [adj] due " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subsidised rates of interest are needed it is argued for times when interest rates are high due to monetary policy as in the 1990's , which might discourage start-ups and result in bankruptcies of small firms if loans are not available , and because rates charged by financial institutions are too high . |
| 2 | They are popular due to the continental influence of eating alfresco and these types of structures give a feeling of dining out of doors without the uncertainty of the British weather . |
| 3 | If earth mounds are impracticable due to embankment heights , noise barriers in the form of walling or fencing should be provided and screened by means of earth ramps in addition to large scale planting of trees and shrubs . |
| 4 | The ride in the air transporter had been bumpy due to air missiles fired in their direction . |
| 5 | Research shows quite clearly that although the two names may occasionally have been confused due to scribal error , mishearing by early recorders , or poor scholarship , they are quite distinct and separate in origin and have remained separate in use by the families bearing them . |
| 6 | However , much of the work has been experimental due to technical problems in restoring paths . |
| 7 | When the battery is connected , the initial output stages are unpredictable due to the race condition . |
| 8 | Engineers in Germany successfully fired thrusters on Aug. 7 to boost the European Space Agency ( ESA ) US$400,000,000 Eureka research satellite to an altitude of 507 km from a dangerously low orbit of 100km where it had been stuck due to data communication problems . |
| 9 | So some horses are unfriendly because it is part of their genetic makeup , and other horses are unfriendly due to lack of proper handling when they are young . |
| 10 | As previously mentioned , the use of CDAI as the criteria to assess clinical efficacy in the study of Locjs et al may be controversial due to the importance of the number of bowel movements on the CDAI score . |
| 11 | Consequently if the state appears to be autonomous due to the action of elected elites , we can not be certain whether political leaderships are behaving as ‘ state ’ elites or ‘ social ’ elites . |
| 12 | It was very much regretted that Master Fellow was unable to be present due to family illness . |
| 13 | Secondly , the requirement of coverage suggests that many specific dictionaries will be inadequate due to their small size and inflexibility when used on text that strays from domain-based patterns . |
| 14 | At one sixth the weight of its dimensional stone equivalent , Ultra-Lite allows real marble or granite to be used for cladding applications which would otherwise be prohibitive due to weight or cost considerations . |
| 15 | I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position . |
| 16 | The American version of the popular film attempted to stay close to the original script but sadly failed to be playable due to slightly dodgy design . |
| 17 | Keeping information up to date was considered to be difficult due to the increasing number of information sources , and the fact that only certain sections of documents might be superseded by new information . |
| 18 | Services should also affirm their policies on equal opportunities by ensuring that they monitor the use of their services by specific ethnic groups , test that the information they make available for the public is comprehensible and accessible , canvass users ' views of the current services , recruit staff of different ethnic backgrounds , at all levels in the organization ( although , in the case of Afro-Caribbeans in particular , this can be difficult due to the lower educational opportunities of this group and , in consequence , a paucity of suitable candidates for posts ) , and institute a programme of training for staff of all grades and backgrounds to understand their own conscious and unconscious prejudices about race and culture . |
| 19 | The hexachloroantimonate , , is easier to obtain — from , and sulphur — but its reactions tend to be slow due to its poor solubility in most solvents . |
| 20 | Fishing has been patchy due to the cool temperatures but anglers expect it to get better when the winds turn south westerly . |
| 21 | Mechanization had always been difficult due to the dominance of wet-rice production and the small scale of cultivation , but from the early 1960s new forms of mechanization adapted to the conditions of Japanese agriculture were developed . |
| 22 | Severity of disease as measured by symptom score was significantly higher in those who were unemployed due to ill health ( table III ) . |
| 23 | In addition prospects were favourable due to a " remarkable " reduction of inflation and an increase in investment . |
| 24 | ‘ Broadly speaking , ’ says Kinsey , ‘ these writers share the following claims : Firstly , for a section of the population — in practice the unemployed poor — the availability of state benefits provides a basic financial guarantee allowing choices to be made and actions pursued , which previously were unavailable due to the constraints of the labour market . |
| 25 | At the time of their son 's birth they were impoverished due to gambling debts incurred by Richard senior during his youth . |
| 26 | Mrs Symons was , as a matter of fact , a frequent visitor to this house before the war ; indeed , she was among the most popular as far as the staff were concerned due to the kind appreciation she never shied from showing . |
| 27 | The greater part of the required prodnalog ( tax in kind ) had been collected , but several villages were fractious due to silly actions by some officials . |
| 28 | Of the 20 trains travelled on from north-east Kent — Herne Bay , in my constituency to Cannon Street — two arrived on time , 17 were late and one was cancelled because no crew were available due to a clerical error in the rostering . |
| 29 | In many cases the Archive holds the only copies of datasets others being unreadable due to changes in hardware or software . |
| 30 | Defence lawyer Tony Cinnamond said , however , that Wightman 's recollection of the events were hazy due to drink and it could have been that he struck her and her head banged against the wall . |