Owing

Owing to the rain, the athletic meeting was put off.

Owing to bad weather, I didn't go.

Owing to a bad cold, he could not take part in the game.

This earth is moist owing to the recent rain.

I'm sorry to have troubled you owing to our mistake.

Records are particularly scarce for this era, perhaps owing to a long series of natural disasters which befell the capital.

They failed to come on time owing to the traffic jam.

The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.

Owing to a shortage of funds, our project failed.

Owing to a change of administrations, he lost his job.