Ejemplos de uso de owe something to
1. "The word ‘credit‘ means you owe something to somebody and I don‘t want to owe anybody anything," he continues.
2. But rather, those soft–hearted ninnies who, however good their intentions, think that ceaseless white immigration can continue without other people our immigrants from our ex–colonies, people we actually owe something to suffering.
3. Fevvers‘ sensational journey, the clowns and strong men of Nights, the lesbian lover and the waif, not to mention Fevvers‘ ribald enactment of sexual wiles and the predatory grand duke who tries to turn her into a toy, owe something to Lulu.
4. Doll thought that the increasing incidence of the disease might owe something to the hundreds of tonnes of tarmac being laid down across Britain at this time, but soon discovered that in 64' lung cancer cases there were only two non–smokers.
5. "The biggest betrayal of all is lacking the courage to make the real choices to improve the lives of millions of ordinary people and to prefer the self–indulgence of standing carping on the sidelines as millions suffer." In his recent collection of Blair‘s speeches and articles, the former Fabian Society chair, Paul Richards, has pointed out that as party leader and later as prime minister, "all of Blair‘s pronouncements owe something to his advisers and civil servants, notably Alastair Campbell, and none can be credited solely to Blair...