Example sentences of "owing to some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , owing to some inexplicable negligence , ’ — he sighed and shook his head — ‘ they seem to have given us the slip . ’ |
| 2 | The Black Death exacerbated the situation ; whilst there was no shortage of souls to pray for , endowments slackened off , owing to some of the wealthy dying intestate . |
| 3 | Owing to some essential repairs , the carriage in which Mr Dwerringhouse had travelled had been out of use from the day of his journey to his subsequent ghostly appearance . |
| 4 | One can ask : does he mean that the horizontal moon , perhaps owing to some magnifying effect of the earth 's atmosphere , actually presents a larger appearance than the meridian moon , or does he mean merely that it looks bigger , perhaps because it is seen in a context of trees and houses ? |
| 5 | In Wishart 's opinion Minton , despite the gaiety he stimulated , was never happy : he did not complain or evince self-pity but he conveyed a bitter acceptance that , owing to some gross farce on the part of creation , happiness had eluded him . |
| 6 | This means giving them assistance in their cases , and even ( with the client 's consent ) taking cases for them in court if owing to some clash of appointments they find themselves unable to appear . |
| 7 | My father has trouble pronouncing his r's , owing to some palate fuck-up or gob-gimmick . |