Because of traditionally close links with the U. S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands has used the US dollar as its currency since 1959.

Because of his widespread correspondence with others throughout the British Isles, and due to the fact that many of the letters imply that Bede had met his correspondents, it is likely that Bede travelled to some other places, although nothing further about timing or locations can be guessed.

Because of continued pressure on space the decision was taken to move natural history to a new building in South Kensington, which would later become the British Museum of Natural History.

Because the British promised slaves of rebels freedom for fighting with them, escaped slaves flocked north to join their lines.

Because of the resemblance to Damascus steel, higher-end barrels were made by Belgian and British gun makers.

Because of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured two major British armies at Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781.

Because of the use of Vaterland in German war propaganda, the term " Fatherland " in English has become associated with domestic British and American anti-Nazi propaganda during World War II.

" Because of Moseley's death in World War I, the British government instituted a policy of no longer allowing its prominent and promising scientists to enlist for combat duty in the armed forces of the Crown.

Because the loss of property and life in the 1831 rebellion, the British Parliament held two inquiries.

Because rising tensions with the British resulted in President Jefferson's embargo of British trade, Audubon's business was not thriving.

Because of the Balkans were rich in raw materials like iron, zinc and above all oil that could help Germany survive a British blockade, it was viewed as highly important by the Allies to keep German influence in the Balkans to a minimum, hence British efforts to link British promises to support Turkey in the event of an Italian attack in exchange for Turkish promises to help defend Romania from a German attack.

Because of its successful history, Liverpool is often featured when football is depicted in British culture and has appeared in a number of media firsts.

Because British company law requires no split in the boards of directors, unions would have directly elected the management of the company.

Because there were usually few British regulars garrisoned in North America, colonial militia served a vital role in local conflicts, particularly in the French and Indian Wars.

Because of its location, it became the site of military facilities used first by the British and then by the United States, following an access agreement signed in 1980 by the United States and Oman.

Because most of the engineering skill of British Rail had been sold off into the maintenance and renewal companies, Railtrack had no idea how many Hatfields were waiting to happen, nor did they have any way of assessing the consequence of the speed restrictions they were ordering-restrictions that brought the railway network to all but a standstill.

Because of their endearing ( if quirky ) personalities and widespread popularity, the characters have been described as positive international icons of both modern British culture in particular and the British people in general.

Because there are no accounts of the custom in Great Britain prior to the 17th century, some historians and folklorists have theorised that it was not an ancient British custom but was in fact imported into Britain from continental Europe in the early modern period, possibly from Flanders in Belgium, where the tradition thrived in this period.

Because of this, all British North America Acts dated before 1949 were passed by the British Parliament, while some of those dated after 1949 were passed by the Canadian Parliament.

Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as " The March King " or the " American March King " due to his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford also being known as " The March King ".

Because block diagrams are a visual language for describing actions in a complex system, it is possible to formalize them into a specialized programmable logic controller ( PLC ) programming language.

Because the PLC effect is related to a strengthening mechanism, the strength of steel may increase ; however, the plasticity and ductility of a material afflicted by the PLC effect decrease drastically.

Because of a sale of assets resulting from the bankruptcy, Hubbard no longer owned the rights to the name " Dianetics ", but its philosophical framework still provided the seed for Scientology to grow.

Because INGKA Holding is owned by the nonprofit INGKA Foundation, none of this profit is taxed.

") Because of this, the group ( rather than Factory Records ) legally owned all their own recorded material.

Because Chinese viewers often gathered in large groups to watch publicly owned sets, authorities estimated that two-thirds of the nation had access to television.

Because the AP was a cooperative essentially owned by the newspapers, those in the South influenced its coverage of the racial unrest and protests, often ignoring, minimizing, or slanting the reporting.

Because the Choctaw government owned land in “ severalty ”, or common, and individuals did not — and because most Choctaws were a sedentary people who did not engage in industry or commerce — no bridges had been built ; no road had been improved ; and no public works of any kind existed.

Because the site has been federally owned and tax-exempt, the town has been denied property tax revenue for decades.

Because most of the land was owned by the Town of Washington Grove, it had complete control over who purchased and leased the plots.

Because most of the downtown structures were owned by non-residents, many of the buildings fell into neglect by the 1980s.

Because the state-owned enterprises were essentially private firms owned by the government, there was an argument that they would prevent assets which had been given by Māori for use by the state from being returned to Māori by the Waitangi Tribunal and through Treaty settlements.

Because of the separate existence of Yes ( part of the band's name still being owned by Anderson ), this alternate incarnation were forced to use their surnames as the band's name ( after Chris Squire threatened legal action ).

After many of Comptroller Saxon ’ s decisions granting national banks greater powers had been challenged, commercial banking firms had been able to expand their non-securities activities through the “ one bank holding company .” Because the Bank Holding Company Act only limited nonbanking activities of companies that owned two or more commercial banks, “ one bank holding companies ” could own interests in any type of company other than securities firms covered by Glass-Steagall Section 20.

Because the ABCP conduit was owned by a third party unrelated to the bank, it was not an affiliate of the bank.

Because Sony Music was the successor to the old CBS record division, this merger meant that RCA Records, once owned by parent RCA, was now under the same umbrella as the label once owned by RCA's rival, the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS ), Columbia Records.

Because it does not accept advertisements ( being free of sponsors ), being entirely privately owned ( the same ,) and because its publishing costs are met by its sales, Le Canard Enchaîné is considered one of ( if not the ) most objective French publication — hence its continued existence.

Because Atlantic owned ( and still owns ) most of the Atlantic-era Stax master recordings released up to May 1968, the Atlantic-controlled material has been reissued by co-owned Rhino Records or licensed to Collectables Records.

Because Fantasy owned the non-master recordings of all Stax material, for several of its Stax compilations, Fantasy issued alternate takes of the Stax hit recordings in place of the master recordings owned by Atlantic.

Because the Channel Islands are almost entirely owned and controlled by either the Catalina Island Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, or the federal government, the fox has a chance to receive the protection it needs, including constant supervision by interested officials without the ongoing threat of human encroachment on its habitat.

Because railroad infrastructure is privately owned in the US, railroads are unwilling to make the necessary investments for electrification.

Because their previous manager was making claims that he owned the rights to the group's name, the group decided to change it as soon as possible.

Because VW owned the rights to the Europa name in Germany, cars for sale in Germany were badged Europe rather than Europa.

Because the FCC's jurisdiction only covers channels broadcast on the publicly owned spectrum and not those only available on cable, restricted-access networks ( like the premium channels Cinemax and HBO, with shows such as Sex and the City, or adult channels Playboy TV and Spice using spectrum privately owned ) have taken considerably more leeway in their programming.