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Dileepa Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

The meaning of "due to"

I found the following sentence on bbc.com. In actual fact, I cannot understand the meaning of the following sentence precisely. The main reason for this is I'm confused because of "due to" part. Therefore, I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me whether the meaning of "due to" in the following sentence is "because of" or not.


Twelve years ago, there were three tourist camps and 13 mining licences granted in Bayanzag, but Mayor Tumurbat says that he has changed this to only one mining licence, which is due to be cancelled, and now 10 tourist camps.


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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50131770

  

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I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me whether the meaning of "due to" in the following sentence is "because of". No, it's not. Here's the basic idea.

  • I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me whether the meaning of "due to" in the following sentence is "because of".
  • No, it's not.
  • Here's the basic idea.
  • only one mining licence, which is due to be cancelled ie only one mining licence, which is scheduled to be cancelled The meaning is that the decision to cancel the mining licence has been made.
  • Consider this simpler example.
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I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me whether the meaning of "due to" in the following sentence is "because of". No, it's not.

Here's the basic idea.

only one mining licence, which is due to be cancelled

ie only one mining licence, which is scheduled to be cancelled

The meaning is that the decision to cancel the mining lice

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