preposition
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cyanosis and flushing occur during the tonic phase, owing to the sustained contraction of respiratory muscles and cessation of breathing.
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The elements may also be transformed from one into another, owing to the fundamental qualities inherent in each.
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The new resource represented welcome revenue for a local government feeling a financial pinch owing to a temporary local economic downturn.
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The Springboks had to make a major alteration at half-time owing to an injury to Van Straaten.
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The stellar sphere, owing to its vast distance from earth, needed no epicycles because its movement appeared regular and unchanging.
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Wild fluctuations in brain activity owing to changing environmental conditions would thus put the rest of the body at severe risk.