Because of its simplicity, star hopping is a very common method for finding objects that are close to naked-eye stars.

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 the margin of victory was so close a third election in the summer of 1840 was held.

Because the orbital plane of the Moon is tilted with respect to the orbital plane of the Earth ( the ecliptic ), eclipses can occur only when the Moon is close to the intersection of these two planes ( the nodes ).

Because times of sunset and sunrise, unlike the phenomenon described in preceding paragraphs, vary with an observer's geographic location ( longitude and latitude ), these dates likewise depend on location and do not exist for locations sufficiently close to the Equator.

Because of his close relationship with his schoolmaster, Eusebius was sometimes called Eusebius Pamphili: " Eusebius, son of Pamphilus ".

Because of the incompleteness of the fossil record, there is usually no way to know exactly how close a transitional fossil is to the point of divergence.

Because they fire pistol ammunition, they have limited long-range use, but in close combat can be used in fully automatic in a controllable manner due to the lighter recoil of the pistol ammunition.

Because of its close relation to the time-evolution of a system, it is of fundamental importance in most formulations of quantum theory.

Because of the difficulty of travel and the hazards of wilderness survival during the winter months, it is the only major National Park Service park to close entirely for the season.

Because she had a run of the play contract she could not be replaced and so producers were forced to close the show.

Because of strong cultural, religious, linguistic, and economic ties, Nepal's association with India traditionally has been close.

Because of their high density, close encounters between stars in an open cluster are common.

Drawbacks: Because of the nature of the pump, the clearance between the rotating pump and the outer edge must be very close, requiring that it rotates at a slow, steady speed.

Because the ludi were religious in nature, it was appropriate for the Romans to set up this temporary stage close to the temple of the deity being celebrated.

Because they would have been in such close proximity to the actors, ancient Roman audiences would have wanted attention and direct acknowledgement from the actors.

Because the light of the flash occurs too fast for the pupil to close, much of the very bright light from the flash passes into the eye through the pupil, reflects off the fundus at the back of the eyeball and out through the pupil.

Because of the excessive heat and inadequately experienced drivers attempting to access the desert in the past, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has decided since 2008-2009 to close the Simpson Desert during the summer — to save unprepared " adventurers " from themselves.

Because of his 4 field goals and the close score, this is the only Super Bowl in which the losing team scored more touchdowns than the winning team ( Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2 ).

Because Yunus Emre is, after Ahmet Yesevi and Sultan Walad, one of the first known poets to have composed works in the spoken Turkish of his own age and region rather than in Persian or Arabic, his diction remains very close to the popular speech of his contemporaries in Central and Western Anatolia.

Because brain injuries can be life threatening, even people with apparently slight injuries, with no noticeable signs or complaints, require close observation ; They have a chance for severe symptoms later on.

Because these couples were child-free and were not concerned with the conditions of schools and playgrounds, they elected to live in the inner-city in close proximity to their jobs.

Because of his mother's and his wife's Huguenot descent he was very close to the Huguenots of Berlin.

Because no species other than Homo sapiens has survived from the human line of that branching, both Pan species are the closest living relatives of humans and cladistically are equally close to humans.

Because of its historical connection with warm climates, gin and tonic is a popular cocktail during the warmer months.

Because of its connection with the Bhattis, the Ardhanagari script was also called Bhatachhari.

Because the death of John also appears prominently in the Christian gospels, this passage is considered an important connection between the events Josephus recorded, the chronology of the gospels and the dates for the Ministry of Jesus.

Because of the connection between the Riemann zeta function and π ( x ), the Riemann hypothesis has considerable importance in number theory: if established, it would yield a far better estimate of the error involved in the prime number theorem than is available today.

" Because humor, vulgarity, and " incongruity " are so much a part of the Plautine comedies, the slave becomes the essential tool to connect the audience to the joke through his monologue and direct connection to the audience.

Because of her connection to her stepfather, in the past, people had presumed Twain's ancestry was Ojibwa, but she stated in an interview that her biological father was part Cree.

Because of their history as a legitimate feudal organization and their connection to the Japanese political system through the uyoku ( extreme right-wing political groups ), yakuza are somewhat a part of the Japanese establishment, with six fan magazines reporting on their activities.

Because of their close connection with computer science, this idea is also advocated by mathematical intuitionists and constructivists in the " computability " tradition ( see below ).

Because the nature of what is erotic is fluid, early definitions of the term attempted to conceive eroticism as some form of sensual or romantic love or as the human sex drive ( libido ); for example, the Encyclopédie of 1755 states that the erotic " is an epithet which is applied to everything with a connection to the love of the sexes ; one employs it particularly to characterize ... a dissoluteness, an excess ".

Because all research into C. elegans essentially started with Sydney Brenner in the 1970s, many scientists working in this field share a close connection to Brenner, having either worked as a post-doctoral or post-graduate researcher in Brenner's lab or in the lab of someone who previously worked with Brenner.

Because of its Prisoner connection, Portmeirion has been used as the filming location for a number of homages to the series, ranging from comedy skits to an episode of the BBC documentary series The Celts which recreated scenes from The Prisoner.

Because of their military connection with the ANZACs and ANZAC Day, these biscuits are often used as a fundraising item for the Royal New Zealand Returned Services ' Association ( RSA ) and the Returned and Services League of Australia ( RSL ).

Because stalls are most commonly discussed in connection with aviation, this article discusses stalls as they relate mainly to aircraft, in particular fixed-wing aircraft.

( Because of the reservoir, there is no direct connection between Pelham and New Salem.

Because of this personal connection Lomianki was selected as our Sister City.

Because of peat-digging by man, and storm floods, this small river had by 1250 developed into an inland lake with an open connection with the Zuyderzee.

Because of its connection with Exeter College and that college's increasing puritanism, a number of Exeter's tutors and scholars migrated to Hart Hall.

Because Pugwash affiliated itself with the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, the Council ruled such a connection would be " political ".

Because in Japan birds have long had a connection with the dead, this may mean it was born in connection with some prehistorical funerary rite.

Because of its ease of connection by soldering or clamping, copper is still the most common choice for most light-gauge wires.

Because of this precedent, and of a dubious connection between the Voynich Manuscript and John Dee through Roger Bacon, Kelley has been suspected of having fabricated that book too, in order to swindle Rudolf.

Because of the connection via the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks to the salt water of Puget Sound, there is some saline contamination, which increases in the summer as the inflow rate from Lake Washington decreases and the locks open more frequently for pleasure craft.

Because of Soresi's connection to mobster Owney Madden, it has always been speculated across the boxing world that most of Carnera's fights were fixed.