Example sentences of "due [prep] the [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah in today 's press it says that er the government are going to subsidize now the coal industry something like seven hundred millions due to the miners ' kerfuffle , which is going to mean between five and ten pounds subsidy per ton . |
| 2 | He supposed it was due to the railways ' air of resentful obsolescence , combined with their persistent insights into what was so often ignored : abandoned pastures , neglected buildings , all that was overgrown and outmoded , all that was best forgotten . |
| 3 | Farming communities , such as are found in Central Wales , benefitted a great deal from the advent of the railway : it meant cheaper raw materials , but at the same time the value of farm produce increased due to the railways ' ease of access to the more affluent urban markets . |
| 4 | The study states that temperature increase could be limited to 0.2 degrees per decade , due to the oceans ' ability to absorb additional heat . |
| 5 | This delay was partly due to the teachers ' industrial action in the summer term of 1984 . |
| 6 | Female influence was greatest in consumer decisions , and least in public affairs ( although , as in the above example of voting choices , the researchers say that the latter finding may be due to the men 's unwillingness to admit to having serious political discussions with women ) . |
| 7 | However , in other situations Customs have deemed that there is a non-monetary consideration in addition to the price paid and that VAT is therefore due on the goods ' normal selling price . |