Example sentences of "due to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A contributory factor in the Kings Cross Underground disaster was the lack of staff training staff in fire-hazard emergencies , and the low standard of cleaning due to cutbacks . |
| 2 | Due to cutbacks in Adult Education last year , Margaret was made redundant from her part-time post as lecturer for Special Needs in Wandsworth Adult College ; she is now Curriculum Manager for Basic Education , Special Needs , Physical Education and Complementary Health with Surrey Adult and Continuing Education Service and enjoys this work very much . |
| 3 | The policy of the 1870s was relaxed due to awareness of the hardship inflicted — those reduced to the extreme of applying for poor relief even in 1870 were those with no other resort , and their numbers could be further reduced only by increasing their hardship . |
| 4 | Occasionally , flights may be delayed due to circumstances beyond our control . |
| 5 | We will also have our interview with conductor NEEME JARVI ( held over from May due to circumstances beyond our control ) . |
| 6 | However , due to circumstances , it is possible to begin this operation from downwind leg or from base leg . |
| 7 | While he did not exactly oppose this suggestion , he added , somewhat enigmatically , that he believed Liza 's trouble was due to circumstances quite beyond her control and that she needed the help not so much of a specialist but a sympathetic friend personally acquainted with her predicament . |
| 8 | Due to circumstances beyond the control of the plaintiff the last delivery was made in early September rather than late August . |
| 9 | But Mansell shook his head , ignored the request and read : ‘ Due to circumstances beyond my control I have decided to retire from Formula One at the end of the season . |
| 10 | Such forces , acting instantaneously at one place due to circumstances somewhere else , are called non-local . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry that I was unable to get , well two things went wrong first of all the date of the exhibition 's changed Gaugin and his friends in Brittany , due to circumstances beyond our control . |
| 12 | Obviously I ca n't do anything dramatic overnight , due to circumstances , what with my little girl being a ward of court , and me not having a home . |
| 13 | The Hucclecote Metal Detecting Club of Gloucester apologises that the Hucclecote Rally , has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond their control . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , sir , after some delay due to circumstances already referred to . ’ |
| 15 | Due to circumstances beyond our control , we were not able to proceed with any work on Glenburrell Bridge . |
| 16 | Due to circumstances beyond our control the Programme for April 3rd has had to be replanned — it will be as follows : — |
| 17 | However , as discussed in Chapter 1 , a clause excluding liability for failure to perform due to circumstances beyond his control ( usually called a " force majeure " clause ) is considered reasonable both commercially , and for the purposes of s 3 of the UCTA . |
| 18 | Princess Coronation Class 46229 ‘ Duchess of Hamilton ’ which was originally hoped to be steamed between Carlisle and Perth later this year , has been withdrawn due to restrictions being imposed on the locomotive by ScotRail engineers . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the program performance was poor , due to restrictions in VARPRO 's file-handling capabilities and limited conditional statements . |
| 20 | Indeed , the evolution of the communal behaviour of individual males may be due to strategies whereby co-operative action increases the chances of individuals mating with females . |
| 21 | In contrast , under persistent inbreeding , the mutation load will mainly be due to homozygotes , and can be largely eliminated by outcrossing . |
| 22 | Jim was due to leave another school in the area at Christmas 1984 and shortly before summer 1984 a panel hearing was requested due to Jim 's non-attendance at school and the theft of a pushbike . |
| 23 | Initially only the one colour combination would be offered due to manufacturing costs . |
| 24 | Due to afforestation a gradual stream of workers has been released for re-employment and this will continue . |
| 25 | Snowdonia ) the greatest losses have been due to afforestation ; in SW England and southern Wales , agricultural conversion has been the main cause , whereas in intermediate areas such as the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales , moorland has been lost to both . |
| 26 | Some of the overall costs are due to meat inspections , but not all of them . |
| 27 | The bronchi and the blood vessels are also controlled by the autonomic system , so they too can be affected , aggravating conditions such as asthma and migraine ( due to expansion and contraction of blood vessels in the brain ) . |
| 28 | Like many other rural areas , South Cave is rapidly losing many acres of its lovely open spaces due to expansion , nevertheless it is still a very pleasant village to live in . |
| 29 | Around 250 years ago the meadows in the northern part of this area near the Black Elster river used to have a tinge of red due to ironstone in the soil . |
| 30 | Studies of the contraception used before an unplanned pregnancy indicate that an increasing proportion of such pregnancies are due to condom failure . |