Because of these involvements in the matter at stake, Boniface lacked the impartiality that is supposed to be an essential qualification for the position of arbiter, and in retrospect that would seem to be sufficient reason why the English embassies to the Curia proved so fruitless.

Because of this centrist position, and despite their rejection of Arius, they were called " semi-Arians " by their opponents.

Because the position of Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury, was irregular, Wulfstan sought and received consecration as a bishop from Ealdred.

Because it is a part-time position, all able members are expected to assist in the management of the ward by holding delegated lay positions ( for example, women's and youth leaders, teachers ) referred to as ' callings.

Because of the development of themes in the book of Malachi, most scholars assign it to a position between Haggai and Zechariah, slightly before Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in 445 BCE.

Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, the title is most often applied to the wife of a sitting president.

Because of the vulnerability of a player in such a position, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (" Fed ") have adopted rules providing that if a player is positioned at least 7 yards behind the neutral zone to receive a snap, opponents are not to deliberately contact the snapper until one second after the snap ( NCAA ), or until the snapper has a chance to react ( Fed ).

Because of the controversy surrounding Palmerston's removal as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs because of his letter to the French ambassador endorsing Louis Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup, Palmerston could not now be appointed Foreign Minister again so soon after his removal from the same position.

Because of the weak international position and its labor policies ( most peasants lived through a subsistence economy ), Pétion's government was perpetually on the brink of bankruptcy.

Because of its strategic position, Harwich was the target for the invasion of Britain by William of Orange on November 11, 1688.

Because the position of Kajang between three major city ( Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Putrajaya ), this city is included in Klang Valley or Greater Kuala Lumpur.

Because the body is placed in a low position in the kowtow, the idea is that one will naturally convert to his or her mind a feeling of respect.

Because of this favored position, the US asked the Baring firm to handle the transaction.

Because a client was beholden to his patron for his position, the client was eager to please his patron by carrying out his policies.

Because of their position between the two main systems of law, these types of legal systems are sometimes referred to as " mixed " systems of law.

Because players act in clockwise order, a player " has position " on opponents seated to his right, except when the opponent has the button and certain cases in the first betting round of games with blinds.

Because of its position in the periodic table, polonium is sometimes referred to as a metalloid, however others note that on the basis of its properties and behavior it is " unambiguously a metal ".

Because the two scans can be performed in immediate sequence during the same session, with the patient not changing position between the two types of scans, the two sets of images are more-precisely registered, so that areas of abnormality on the PET imaging can be more perfectly correlated with anatomy on the CT images.

Because fossils identifiable as P. sternbergi are found exclusively in the lower layers of the Niobrara Formation, and P. longiceps fossils exclusively in the upper layers, a fossil lacking the skull can be identified based on its position in the geologic column ( though for many early fossil finds, precise data about its location was not recorded, rendering many fossils unidentifiable ).

Because of this and his earlier support for De Gaulle he became Governor General of the Afrique Equatoriale Française ( AEF ) in 1940, the first not white to achieve this position in French colonial history.

Because of its position on the southeastern portion of the European continent, Romania has a climate that is transitional between temperate and continental.

Because the new fortresses could easily hold 10, 000 men, an attacking army could not ignore a powerfully fortified position without serious risk of counterattack.

Because such duties were often shared with that of the sysadmin prior to the advent of the world wide web, the term sysop is often used more generally to refer to an administrator or moderator, such as a forum administrator, hence the term sysadmin is technically used to distinguish the professional position of a network operator.

Because, this position on the bottom scale gives, the product of and.

Because it does not take a political position regarding devolution to a strictly defined territory, the Wessex Society can afford to assume a relaxed position about where exactly the boundaries of cultural Wessex lie.

Because the responsibility for resolving the issue lay with the President, rather than with his doctors, nothing raises more surely for us the difficulties simple goodness faces in dealing with complex moral problems under political pressure.

Because responsibility for collecting taxes lay in the hands of the gentry, the English kings needed the help of that stratum of society in order to ensure a continued stream of revenue.

Because the unified Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure ( set to enter into force in 2011 ) does not provide for jury trials or lay judges, however, they are likely to be abolished in the near future.

( Because ruling elders are often ordained in a fashion nearly identical to teaching elders, the distinction between lay and clergy is not as clear under the Presbyterian system as in others.

Because the valley lay between the two settlements, it was the designated place for the two peoples to meet.

Because the Northwest Territory lay between the East Coast and the then-far-West, the states carved out of it were called the " Northwest ".

Because it lay on the trade route between Flanders and Brabant, the town prospered and grew into a city.

Because of bad timing and poor organization their 1834 factory turnout was unsuccessful, but it did lay the foundation for successful strikes that helped shape factory life in the future.

* Because of ignorance of relevant biological facts among the lay public, a single species of fish might have several extra common names, say because individuals differ according to maturity, gender, or their natural surroundings.

Because of its proximity to Slovakia, it lay on a major route for resistance fighters of the Polish Home Army.

Because movies are so easily distributed over borders, part of the importance of this movie lay in its ability to influence both East and West Germany, which at the time were still divided.

Because of the immediate need to survey the harbour and lay out the towns, no rural blocks were surveyed until September.

Because of this rapid growth, and the ruggedness of the terrain, it was impossible to lay out an orderly set of streets.

Because New Hampshire lay along the major invasion route from Canada to New York, George Washington assigned its regiments a key role in the strategic defense of the northern states.

Because of the rigidity of the HAMEL pipe, a special apparatus code-named The ConunDrum was developed ( Picture ) to lay the pipe.

Because he believes that it is generally a good thing for philosophers to address an educated and hard-thinking lay audience as well as their colleagues, Gaita has contributed extensively to public discussion about reconciliation, collective responsibility, the role of moral considerations in politics, genocide and the alleged uniqueness of the Holocaust, education ( the nature of teaching as a vocation, the role of love in learning ) and about the plight of the universities.

Because the only written evidence for Fokás's voyages lay in Lok's account — researchers being unable to find records of the expedition in Spanish colonial archives — there was long much controversy over his discovery and, indeed, whether he had ever even existed as a real person ; several scholars have dismissed Juan de Fuca as entirely fictitious, and the 18th-century British explorer Captain Cook strongly doubted that the strait Fokás claimed to have discovered even existed ( although Cook actually sailed past the Strait of Juan de Fuca without entering it and did stop at Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island ).

Because of the use of lighter background colors the newer map looks much fresher than the older one, though only six years lay between the two.

Because he had once been elected Tsar of Russia and could realistically lay claim to the Russian throne, King Władysław wanted to continue the war or, because the Polish-Swedish Treaty of Altmark would soon be expiring, ally with the Russians to strike against Sweden.

Because the city lay south of the Jiuzong Mountains and north of the Wei River-both sunlight-rich ( yang ) orientations-it was named " Xianyang ", meaning " fully yang ".

Because the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens that was historically set in 1769 at the Arbitration Rock lay along a diagonal with this grid plan, the geographic boundary was adapted to the street layout, resulting in a zig-zag pattern.

Because he was not able to carry her back, he lay down beside her and died himself.

Because of the expulsion of the Catholic clergy in the 17th century, the Kakure Christian community relied on lay leaders to lead the services.