due mainly to vs mainly due to

Both "due mainly to" and "mainly due to" are correct phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used based on personal preference or to vary sentence structure. There is no significant difference in meaning between the two.

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due mainly to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is primarily caused by a particular factor or reason.

Examples:

The success of the project was due mainly to the hard work of the team.
The delay in the delivery was due mainly to the bad weather conditions.

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The increase is due mainly to the allocation from the result from 2002 of EUR 229.7 million to the research fund.
The increase is due mainly to the allocation from the result from 2003 of EUR 337.9 million to the research fund and the inclusion this year of the uncalled amounts from new Member States of EUR 170 million.
The increase was due mainly to the effects of the quarterly revaluation of assets and liabilities, while customer and portfolio transactions carried out by Eurosystem central banks in the period under review resulted in a decrease of EUR 0.2 billion.
The outcome of the Lisbon No in Ireland was due mainly to a lack of knowledge or understanding of the question being asked in particular, but more fundamentally due to a lack of knowledge among the Irish electorate of the make-up and functioning of the EU institutions.
Nevertheless, this effect is not permanent and is due mainly to exceptional factors (e.g. the unusual bad weather and the speculation opportunities created by the introduction of the euro).
The increase in the value from 2005 to 2010 is due mainly to [...].
ABI considers that this growth is due mainly to the attractive terms PI offers its account holders for equal services.
This contradiction is due mainly to the continuing excessively high costs for cross-border transactions.
This was due mainly to better than expected growth rather than durable cuts in expenditure.
The pollution is due mainly to the dumping of urban and industrial waste.
The failures in the single economy are due mainly to lack of information and also to transport.
These fluctuations are due mainly to the fact that prices are extremely volatile.
However, they are due mainly to the efforts of the Greek people as a whole.
This improvement is due mainly to the n+2 rule and our ongoing cooperation with the governments.
Yet the integrated coastal zone initiatives already in existence are floundering, due mainly to lack of financial support.
These external audits have proved to be an effective tool for identifying ineligible expenditure for recovery, due mainly to the lack of supporting documentation.
Moreover, during the second half of 2006, numerous transfers were made, due mainly to imprecise estimates of staffing needs.
This is due mainly to the continued phasing in of payments to the newest member states (EU-10).
The resulting strong decline in stock prices seemed to have been due mainly to an increase in the equity risk premium.
The slow progress is due mainly to Member States' resistance to the principle of mutual recognition.

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largely due to
chiefly due to
primarily due to
mostly due to

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