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<p>I don’t see any redundancy. </p>
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<p>“due to” and “because of,” as far as I can imagine right now, are always interchangeable. </p>
<p>I’m not sure about the “to be”/“as” distinction you’re referring to. Can you give an example sentence about the specific usages you’re thinking of?</p>