"owe" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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owe + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 45
owe money • owe allegiance • owe taxes • owe one's life • owe one's existence • owe one's name • owe an apology • owe one's origin • ...
owe + preposición
Kolokacji: 17
owe to • owe on • owe for • owe about • owe in • ...
owe + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
owe largely • owe partly • actually owe • owe mainly • owe primarily • ...
(2) partly, surely
Kolokacji: 2
(3) mainly, primarily, chiefly
Kolokacji: 3
1. owe mainly = bądź winnym głównie owe mainly
  • My biggest win, $1,200, I owed mainly to four 10's against a full house.
  • We owe mainly to Hopfner the sharp distinction he made between the daily and seasonal average irradiation.
  • In 2004, owing mainly to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village's name, but the residents voted against doing so.
  • Public education is better, owing mainly to the Mayor's takeover of the system.
  • Owing mainly to realization of marine biodiversity potential in biotechnology, pollution control and energy generation.
  • But the digital recording process "heard" music differently from older recording methods, owing mainly to the total absence of background noise.
  • This owes mainly to the briefness of its existence (i.e., less than a year).
  • The majority of prostate cancers are caught early, owing mainly to use of the prostate-specific antigen test.
  • In short, the constitutional process broke down and then came to a standstill, and we owe that breakdown mainly to France.
  • He gave up his benefice, owing mainly to failing sight, in 1889, and retired to Southsea.
2. owe primarily = bądź winnym pierwotnie owe primarily
3. owe chiefly = bądź winnym głównie owe chiefly

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