Because of the Islamic population, the food is predominantly halal.

Because it is warm, the surface radiates far IR thermal radiation that consists of wavelengths that are predominantly much longer than the wavelengths that were absorbed ( the overlap between the incident solar spectrum and the terrestrial thermal spectrum is small enough to be neglected for most purposes ).

Because it is a predominantly Islamic country, pork plays no role in Turkish cuisine.

Because the majority of Buttonwillow residents predominantly spoke Spanish, their presence at the meetings had little influence.

Because Maryland was one of the few regions of the colonial United States that was predominantly Catholic, the apostolic prefecture was elevated to become the Diocese of Baltimore — the first diocese in the United States — on November 6, 1789.

Because they are predominantly used on mail servers which may send mail to computers running other operating systems, Linux virus scanners generally use definitions for, and scan for, all known viruses for all computer platforms.

Because intracellular GTP is abundant relative to GDP ( approximately 10 fold more ) GTP predominantly re-enters the nucleotide binding pocket of Ras and reloads the spring.

Because 99 Ranch Market serves a predominantly Chinese American base, Mandarin Chinese serves as the lingua franca of the supermarket and its adjacent businesses.

Because the region is predominantly Muslim, halal meats are usually eaten.

Because the village was predominantly a logging and wood product centre, the street was constructed wide enough to accommodate turning of three team logging wagons.

Because the material was difficult to carve, it was predominantly used for warehouses and the foundations of public buildings.

Because its grammar and lexicon remain predominantly Venetian, Talian is not considered a creole language, the preponderance of non-Venetian loanwords notwithstanding.

Because of the station having a largely male audience, the station refers to fellow Clear Channel stations WXDX-FM and WPGB as " brother " stations as opposed to the more commonly-used term sister station, since WXDX also has a predominantly male audience and all three having younger listeners.

Because they are predominantly porous, sandy soils, the area tends to be droughty and irrigation is required for agriculture.

Because cats are obligate carnivores, it is believed that a switch to a predominantly meat based raw diet would be especially beneficial ( as compared to a raw diet for dogs ) due to cats ' relative inability to digest grains.

* Michael Wright as Eddie King, Jr.: ( Because of a thick southern drawl, this is often heard as Eddie Kane ) Eddie comes from an area that features predominantly poor individuals, his own father believing his attempts to start a career in the music industry will be unsuccessful.

Because the Florida Supreme Court has predominantly discretionary jurisdiction ( i. e., can choose which cases it wants to hear ), the DCAs provide the final word on the vast majority of cases appealed in the State of Florida.

Because of its predominantly German population, the town was renamed in 1310 to Německý Brod in Czech and Deutschbrod in German ( both meaning German Ford ).

Because Rufus is living in a predominantly racist time era, his life is constantly affected by an internalization of this racism to the point where he hates himself.

Because E85 is predominantly ethanol the tailpipe emissions are much different than that of regular gasoline.

Because the German Dukes of Württemberg were Protestant, the area around Glay has since this time been Protestant, despite the fact that France overall is predominantly Catholic.

Because of its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, the people of Onna are predominantly fishermen.

Because his followers are predominantly Sufi writers and gnostics, Kubra was given the title " manufacturer of saints " and his order was named the Kubraviyah.

Because of this more than two-to-one government majority, predominantly Republican areas of Maryland, such as the Eastern Shore, become worried that their representatives ' voices are not being heard.

Because it is exposed to the generally westerly winds and waves of the Pacific, seas and weather in Juan de Fuca Strait are, on average, rougher than in the more protected waters inland, thereby resulting in a number of small-craft advisories.

Because of the range's proximity to the Pacific Ocean and the region's prevailing westerly winds, precipitation is substantial, especially on the western slopes, with annual accumulations of up to in some areas.

Because of its orientation perpendicular to the prevailing westerly winds, the range creates excellent wave soaring conditions for glider pilots.

Because thermal wind causes an increase in wind velocity with height, the westerly pattern increases in intensity up until the tropopause, creating a strong wind current known as the jet stream.

Because it is located east of the Snowy Mountains, the rain-bearing westerly winds deposit rain and snow on the mountains leaving the Monaro region in a rain shadow.

Because it faces the prevailing westerly winds, Sutton Bank has been used for ridge soaring since the early 1930s for the sport of gliding.

Because of its wide range of latitude and seasonal winds, Japan has a variety of climates, with a latitude range often compared to that of the east coast of North America, from Nova Scotia to the U. S. state of Georgia.

Because of the lack of topographic barriers within Paraguay, these opposite prevailing winds bring about abrupt and irregular changes in the usually moderate weather.

Because the high ridges of the Jabal an Nusayriyah catch most of the rains from the Mediterranean, the Al Ghab depression, located east of these mountains, is in a relatively arid zone with warm, dry winds and scanty rainfall.

Because of conservation of potential vorticity caused by the poleward-moving winds on the subtropical ridge's western periphery and the increased relative vorticity of poleward moving water, transport is balanced by a narrow, accelerating poleward current, which flows along the western boundary of the ocean basin, outweighing the effects of friction with the cold western boundary current which originates from high latitudes.

Because of its shallow roots, it has very low tolerance to winds.

Because of its location Georgetown ’ s temperatures is moderated by the North-East trade winds blowing in from the North Atlantic and rarely sees temperatures above 31 degrees Celsius.

Because Oklahoma is situated between the Great Plains and the Ozark Plateau in the Gulf of Mexico watershed, the western part of the state is subjected to extended periods of drought and high winds in the region may then generate Dust storms, and the eastern part of the state is humid subtropical climate zone.

Because of its location just south of the foothills of the Himalayas, where monsoon winds turn west and northwest, the region of Sylhet in northeastern Bangladesh receives the greatest average precipitation.

* Because of the mountainous area and the prevailing south-westerly winds, Kerry is among the regions with the highest rainfall in Ireland.

Because of this he was subjected to the fury of his brother Tāwhirimātea, god of winds and storms, who would have killed him if their mother had not hidden him in her body, that is, in the ground.

Because of its topography and prevailing winds, Judith Gap is the site of one of the most ambitious wind power projects in the United States.

Because the winds were very light during the battle, all the ships were moving extremely slowly, and the lead British ships were under fire from several of the enemy for almost an hour before their own guns could bear.

Because Soyuz 21 was returning early, it was outside the normal recovery window, and encountered strong winds as it descended, which caused uneven firing of the retrorockets.

Because of cold temperatures, dry soils, high winds, and short growing seasons, the trees grow very slowly.

Because of prevailing currents and winds, the fastest route west across the Atlantic to the New World from Africa brought sailing ships to a point that was halfway south on the Lesser Antilles chain of islands, roughly between the islands of Dominica and Martinique or nearby.

Because it was the center of a densely populated cotton-growing district, it was developed into an industrial city, with industry concentrated on the west side so that the prevailing northeast winds would blow fumes away from the city.

Because the radio signal is relayed using a repeater station high in the White Mountains, and because the first relay out of Deep Springs Valley does not have line of sight, the system is subject to outages caused by high winds and inclement weather.

Because of the salt carried inland by constant onshore winds, only the hardiest varieties of small plant can thrive close to shore.

Because the official forecast was not cause for alarm, even as the winds picked up speed and the waves rolled in, nobody realized that a catastrophe was only a few hours away.

Because of the prevailing south-east winds, it is rare to dive the South Side dive sites, though it is done when possible as the sites are really lovely.

Because of the prevailing south-east winds, it is rare to dive on the south side of these islands.

Because of high winds predicted at the nominal landing time, the landing was moved two orbits earlier to 12: 33 EDT on 23 October 1989.