Preposition
owing to
Because of, on account of.
I gave up my job as a typist owing to repetitive strain injury.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. Edmund Burke
Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self. Guru Nanak Dev
We believe that every being is divine, is God. Every soul is a sun covered over with clouds of ignorance; the difference between soul and soul is owing to the difference in density of these layers of clouds. Swami Vivekananda
I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement. Oscar Wilde
He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control. Agatha Christie
The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. François de La Rochefoucauld