Example sentences of "was due [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 12.15 I was due at a function to pose for a photocall to launch a twenty-four-hour helpline for a worthy and deserving charity . |
| 2 | He was due at the Crypt School in Gloucester , an example of the apparent success of Government policy . |
| 3 | Her husband was in close attendance at the moment but Jenny knew he was due at the meeting . |
| 4 | The Report was due at the end of July , and as the summer advanced the mounting drain on the insolvent unemployment insurance fund made the issue still more critical . |
| 5 | CECIL Parkinson , the Transport Secretary , was due at the despatch box to make his statement about the future of British Rail . |
| 6 | This is intuitively what we would expect and we would say that it was due to a lack of sleep . |
| 7 | But this was due to a variety of special factors — especially lower mortgage-interest rates and the net effect of the recent changes in the poll tax and value-added tax . |
| 8 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 9 | January 1990 because of a flu epidemic … in the three months from November to January this year … officials denied today 's action was due to a shortage of funds , , |
| 10 | If it 's later established that death was due to a blow on the head with a blunt instrument , the police are going to find that golf-club and start asking awkward questions , so she puts it round that someone 's nicked it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Her manner was due to a mixture of drink and tranquilliser pills . |
| 12 | This was clearly important when it is recalled that Matadial , when cross-examined about the discrepancy between the January statement and her evidence , gave the explanation that the earlier version was due to a mistake by the police . |
| 13 | ‘ ( a ) that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person , an accident or some other cause beyond his control ; and ( b ) that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such offence by himself or any person under his control . ’ |
| 14 | that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person , an accident or some other cause beyond his control ; and |
| 15 | Trembling visibly with fear under the watchful eye of Mr Upadhyaya and the police , the official also said that the hold-up was due to a lunch break . |
| 16 | Its addition was due to a debating coup by a junior Opposition spokesman , Patrick Mayhew , during Standing Committee in the Commons . |
| 17 | David Clews , of Pintail , says that about the only request for spares was due to a shaft breaking when a burr caught in clothing . |
| 18 | This was due to a number of practices , including the willingness of local authorities to pre-fund or defer expenditure , and to enter into various lease-back arrangements with developers and/or funding institutions . |
| 19 | The monthly fall , which after seasonal adjustments was 0.8pc , confirmed the previous month 's record drop was due to a distortion rather than a more general malaise . |
| 20 | The MATIF secured a higher contract volume and more liquid market in the initial phase of this competition , but it is not clear whether this was due to more appropriate contract terms , or a larger underlying cash market , or whether it was due to a commitment by French banks to support their own derivatives market , perhaps with official support . |
| 21 | She also suffered from arthritis in the wrists , the fingers and the ankles and she was unable to turn her head at all ; this was due to a car accident several years before when she had suffered from whiplash . |
| 22 | Erm , and also the reason why Wilson could not actually read until the age of eleven was not due to the emotional er , problems of his father , it was due to a sort of a form of dyslexic er , th there 's a hell of a lot of debate about this , er , all these things just what er , Einstein is er , criticizing . |
| 23 | The dip was due to a shift to products with lower margins and ongoing price pressures , said the company . |
| 24 | It was due to a war that the boys became stranded on the island and this alone suggests that man is a sinful creature . |
| 25 | The fossil trend towards giganticism was due to a succession of species following the same pattern of progressive development . |
| 26 | Only on one unit was there evidence of good buildings and this was due to the farmer 's previous experience in the building trade . |
| 27 | This was due to the advent of ‘ Bee ’ wine . |
| 28 | Jonadab had presumed that George 's silence was due to the size and luxury of his surroundings . |
| 29 | Dexter wondered if his vagueness was due to the shock of his wife 's murder or an attempt to gain time . |
| 30 | Grant felt light-headed , but he could not tell whether it was due to the drug taking effect , or the happiness he felt at this news . |