Because the beaks of giant squids have been found embedded within lumps of ambergris, scientists have theorised that the substance is produced by the whale's gastrointestinal tract to ease the passage of hard, sharp objects that the whale might have eaten.

Because dysprosium and its compounds are highly susceptible to magnetization, they are employed in various data storage applications, such as in hard disks.

Because Capra's films often carry a message about basic goodness in human nature, and show the value of unselfishness and hard work, his wholesome, feel-good themes have led some to term his style " Capra-corn.

Because of this, hormonal signaling is elaborate and hard to dissect.

Because of the manner in which the head of the Soviet project, Lavrenti Beria, used foreign intelligence ( as a third-party check, rather than giving it directly to the scientists, as he did not trust the information by default ) it is unknown whether Fuchs's fission information had a substantial effect ( and considering that the pace of the Soviet program was set primarily by the amount of uranium they could procure, it is hard for scholars to accurately judge how much time this saved the Soviets ).

Because of the proliferation of earlier versions, it was deemed too hard to retract anything already released, and therefore a second version of certain laws were released.

Because the writings of Sabellius were destroyed it is hard to know if he did actually believe in Patripassianism but one early version of the Apostles ' Creed, recorded by Rufinus, explicitly states that the Father is ' impassible.

Because bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure they are lightweight, yet strong and hard, in addition to fulfilling their many other functions.

Because sound travels faster in heliox than in air, voice formants are raised, making divers ' speech very high-pitched and hard to understand to people not used to it.

Because the exact moments of this separation and the partially contemporaneous Pan-African orogeny are hard to correlate, it might be that all continental mass was again joined in one supercontinent between roughly 600 and 550 million years ago.

Because the series ran for such a long time and featured young performers, Young Talent Time made an indelible mark on the psyche of several generations of Australian children, leading them to believe that if they tried hard enough, they too could be a ' star ' like the kids they saw on television ( Johnny Young launched talent schools in his own name in early 1980s ).

Because of Isis ' anti-technology and self-denying puritanical beliefs, she has to use a Sitting Board ( a hard board she can put over the comfortable seats in cars and other means of transportation in order to deprive herself of cushioning ).

Because of the way plywood is bonded ( with grains running against one another and with an odd number of composite parts ) it is very hard to bend it perpendicular to the grain direction.

Because of its hard, crunchy consistency, consumers of Cap ' n Crunch may experience " crunch mouth ", a condition where the palette and gums become irritated from abrasion caused by the cereal.

Because of these variables, a given climber might find a route to be either ' too hard ' or ' too easy ' for the grade applied.

Because the Wabash post was so remote, however, Vincennes had a hard time getting trade supplies from Louisiana for the native nations, who were also being courted by British traders.

Because the two groups were so similar it is often very hard to determine whether a text is Old Dutch or Old East Low Franconian, and so most linguists will generally use Old Dutch synonymously with Old Low Franconian and most of the time do not differentiate.

Because CRT monitors are strong sources of noise in the VLF range, it is recommended to record the spectrograms on hard disk with any PC CRT monitors turned off.

Because of this, she insisted, it has been hard to maintain a long career as a female artist, which, she said, gave her empathy for Amy Winehouse when they met recently.

Because Diesel fuels are of low volatility, they can be very hard to start when cold.

Because they adopt so many musical styles it is hard to place Bela Fleck and the Flecktones into a single musical category and just as their music is diverse, so is their audience.

Because of the extreme nature of the planetoid, just about any aspect it makes is going to be considered hard because it forces the native to look closely at his life, make appropriate changes, or risk losing that which is important to him.

Shortly before December 2007, they discontinued their gift certificates, and replaced them with the Quickpay Tim Card, with the Christmas slogan " Because it's hard to wrap a double double " ( coffee with two sugars and two cream ).

Because thy flinty heart, more hard than they,

Because of their harsh living conditions, the Swabians were, and are to this day, notorious for their tight-fistedness, hard work and resourcefulness — all important attributes where there are only very limited resources available.

Because sculpture involves the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated, it is considered one of the plastic arts.

Because the bottom of the sculpture has been broken off, it is currently displayed lying on its back.

Because of the difficulty of some details and materials to replicate, cosplayers often educate themselves in crafting specialties such as textiles, sculpture, face paint, fiberglass, fashion design, woodworking and other such use of materials in the effort to render the look and texture of a costume accurately.

Other works by Gallaccio include Stroke ( 1993 ) in which benches in the gallery and cardboard panels attached to the walls were covered in chocolate and Because Nothing has Changed ( 2000 ), a bronze sculpture of a tree adorned with porcelain apples.

Because this was such a scandalous idea at the time, Donatello put some shifts on the subject matter that could explain away the identity of David as " just another sculpture ".

Because a sculpture of that size was well out of Meigs's budget, he had Buberl create 28 different scenes, totaling 69 feet ( 21 m ) in length, which were then mixed and slightly modified to create the continuous 1, 200-foot ( 365-m ) parade of over 1, 300 figures.

Because of their collaborations, it is not always possible to ascribe a particular work to one or the other, thus one may find a single sculpture ascribed to each of them.

Because of his preference for muscular neo-classical nude sculpture, Thorak was known among some as " Professor Thorax ".

Because the interior of the atrium presents a complex background of doors, windows, balconies and stairwells capped by a coffered ceiling, Calder stressed simplicity in the design of the sculpture.

Because of the size of the tower it would often be the first target of large stone catapults but it had its own projectiles with which to retaliate.

Because of Ajax's impiety, the Acheaens, urged by Odysseus, wanted to stone him to death, but he fled to Athena's altar, and was spared.

Because a fresco cannot be modified as the artist works, Leonardo instead chose to seal the stone wall with a layer of pitch, gesso and mastic, then paint onto the sealing layer with tempera.

Because Anaxarete was still unmoved, Aphrodite changed her to stone.

Because of their legendary and powerful gaze that could turn one to stone, images of the Gorgons were put upon objects and buildings for protection.

Because of this armor and its own long and sharp claws, it's unlikely Mylodon had any natural enemies other than humans, who would have still found the skin difficult to pierce with stone projectile points.

Because a stone wall was too expensive ( since stone had to be imported ), Enschede had a system of ditches, palisades and hedges instead, which is still reflected in the street-names Noorderhagen and Zuiderhagen ( North Hedge and South Hedge, respectively ).

Because the medieval city was largely built of wood and stone houses were the exception, fire was a constant risk and a series of fires in 1517, 1750 and again on 7 May 1862 earned the people from Enschede the nickname Brandstichters ( arsonists ).

Because White gets the next move after Black places the handicap stones, a nominal handicap of n stones is therefore in reality half a stone less than n.

Because of their coarse surfaces, some ground stone tools were used for grinding plant foods and were polished not just by intentional shaping, but also by use.

Because of a lack of stone and an abundance of clay, Babylonian constructions were of baked brick, using lime or pitch for mortar.

Because of lack of funds when it was constructed, the original Fulton Hall was a short, plain stone building.

Because of the use of white stone in the interior, however, the luminosity is remarkably greater than at Notre-Dame.

Because of work-exposure to silica dust, silicosis is an occupational hazard to mining, sandblasting, quarry, ceramics and foundry workers, as well as grinders, stone cutters, refractory brick workers, tombstone workers, pottery workers, flint knappers and others.

Because locals believed stone walls would withstand the flames, residents moved valuables into numerous stone buildings in the city.

Because Indian implements made from the stone have been found in all parts of New England and even further south, it is evident that various tribes visited Mt.

Because of its cost and the cost of working in stone, a number of the locks were made of wood instead.

Because of this, any exchange or trading of stone axes may not have been possible without first taking part in a ritual or ceremony.

Because of the number of stone cairns on the site it is possible that at least part of the function of the site was burial.

Because of the trade in lumber, by 1940 Namsos port was furnished with three good wharves ( one of stone ) with a depth alongside of 18 to 30 feet and lengths from 320 to 770 feet.

Because of the growth in membership, a 1, 000-seat auditorium was constructed on Bellevue Avenue, replacing the stone chapel.

Because it was far from population centers that would have required cut stone for building and might have quarried it from those deserted in Philippopolis, Shahba today contains well-preserved ruins of the ancient Roman city.

Because the eggs need 50 years to mature, the stone was left behind to rejuvenate the women long enough to receive and deliver the child.