"The drop in sales was due primarily to the lack of inventory," Mr. Mercurio said.
Some Turkish officials said the hands-off approach was due primarily to the generals' dislike of the ruling party, which they regard with suspicion for its Islamist past.
There is evidence that the high death rate was due primarily to the ignorance or to the callousness of the prisoners themselve.
The collapse in foreign direct investment in 2001 was due primarily to a halt in mergers and acquisitions of companies in rich countries.
Rasputin's subsequent acquisition of enormous influence at the imperial court was due primarily to the relief and gratitude of the royal couple.
I don't think my disdain for the logged-off existence was due primarily to the fact that I'm addicted to social media, or cannot live without my phone, or have morphed into the prototypical "Distracted Man".
Their revival almost 300 years later was due primarily to the interest and encouragement of some of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, who emphasized the Catholic rather than the Protestant heritage of Anglicanism.
In antiquity Alexander's influence was due primarily to the commentaries, which earned him the title "the expositor," but in the Middle Ages he was better known for his original writings.
This, Zillow says, was "due primarily to redundancy in the combined company's sales and administrative organizations".
Variance in total mussel density was due primarily to variance in recruitment.
The increase, says Rousseau, was due primarily to improved retail gasoline margins.
