Because the purpose of these clubs is split between general social interaction and taking part in the events themselves, clubs tend to have more single members than married ones ; some clubs restrict their membership to one of the other, and some are for gays and lesbians.

Because Lloyd's had turned itself into a tax shelter, the second issue affecting Lloyd's was an increase in its external membership, such that, by the end of the decade, the number of passive investors dwarfed market investors.

Because it is in the capital of Japan, Hombu ’ s membership consists of white-collar workers, intellectuals, businessmen, politicians and university students.

Because the BSI refused membership to women until 1991, the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes, or ASH, was formed in the late 1960s.

Because the membership of the FoR included many members of the Society of Friends ( Quakers ), who reject any form of written creed, it has always been stressed that the Basis is a statement of general agreement rather than a fixed form of words.

Because of this, it is sometimes difficult to provide interested parties with comprehensive information about NA membership.

Because of his former membership in the Nazi Party, the film Goldfinger was initially banned in Israel until the family came forward and thanked him for saving their lives.

Because this resolution was on an issue of credentials rather than one of membership, it was possible to bypass the Security Council where the United States could have used its veto.

Because of its opposition to the EEC however boosted the SF's membership and support.

Because of this political involvement he lost his scientific reputation with Germany ’ s wartime enemies, his membership in their geographical societies and learned associations, as well as any support for his planned expeditions.

Because membership was open, a Commons Club could grow to a size unwieldy to govern, inadequate for forming close friendships, and unsuited to the effective advancement of their stated ideals.

Because he had signed the Richmond affidavit with Marsh, Hyde was disfellowshipped ( disciplined, but not removed from membership ) in 1838.

Because of its open-door policy regarding membership, the NCTE from the first maintained a divisional structure, with separate groups representing elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educators.

Because of its stance against dental amalgam, membership in the American Society of Dental Surgeons declined, and due to the loss of members, the organization disbanded in 1856.

Because of its size at the time, eight chapters, it was not considered eligible for full membership.

In response, Callicott offered two second-order principles as a framework to adjudicate between conflicting first-order duties: 1 ) “ obligations generated by membership in more venerable and intimate communities take precedence over those generated in more recently emerged and impersonal communities ”; 2 ) “ stronger interests take precedence over duties generated by weaker interests .” Because our various human community memberships are both more venerable and intimate and because human interests in enjoying rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are very strong, Callicott argues that our traditional obligations to individual fellow human beings trump our obligations to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community — at least, he believes, when it comes to the prospect of culling members of the overpopulous Homo sapiens species.

Because of her major breakthrough, Wells received a membership to the Grand Ole Opry, which had originally banned the single.

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

Because he shares his birth name with another actor, he uses the name of his brother Sean for his Screen Actors Guild membership.

Because of its unique membership, the PCAH is able to bridge the federal agencies and the private sector.

Because of membership growth there was an increased need for space, especially for religious education.

Because it will sell membership to anyone, even Easterners, Jhereg offers an easy path for peasants and outcasts to become nobles.

Because of their purpose of recognition, most honor societies will have much higher academic achievement requirements for membership.

Because past criminal convictions are not a negative criteria for membership, and because of dangers presented by continuing construction, children are not allowed to reside in the community.

Because of this, theoretical knowledge and learning in Greece — and later in Rome — was not applied to ease physical labour or improve manufacturing.

Because Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games, Athens was considered to be an appropriate choice to stage the inaugural modern Games.

Because of this financial and political instability, both prime minister Trikoupis and Stephanos Dragoumis, the president of the Zappas Olympic Committee, which had attempted to organise a series of national Olympiads, believed that Greece could not host the event.

Because the statues were of people and animals, the Mausoleum holds a special place in history, as it was not dedicated to the gods of Ancient Greece.

Because Turkey and Greece were historic rivals, it was necessary to help both equally, even though the threat to Greece was more immediate.

Because the European monarchies, allied in the so-called " Concert of Europe ", were suspicious towards national or social revolutionary movements such as the Etaireia, the First Greek National Assembly, convening in January 1822, took steps to disassociate itself from the Etaireias legacy and portray nascent Greece as a " conventional ", ordered nation-state.

Because every ethnicity of humans is said to taste different from the others, the giants have certain preferences, although all detest Greece as a hunting ground.

Because of the concentration of the population in a few cities, about 75 % of the Greeks are now able to view DTT, although only a small proportion of the geographical area of Greece is covered.

Because of his activity in Florence, the numerous intermedi that he wrote for the Medici and other members of the aristocracy, his dedication of a book of ricercars to Count Giovanni de ' Bardi, and the dedication of a book of madrigals to Emilio de ' Cavalieri, it is likely that he was a member of the Florentine Camerata, the group of progressive musicians and poets who, in attempting to recreate the music of ancient Greece, created the first monody and ultimately the first opera.

Because of his reputation and the fact that he lived in Paris, he was chosen to represent Greece in a congress called by Pierre de Coubertin in June 1894, which decided to re-establish the Olympic Games and to organise them in Athens in 1896, designating Vikelas to preside over the organisation committee.

Because of their strategic position near the Dardanelles, the western powers, particularly Britain, insisted at the end of the Balkan Wars in 1913 that the island should be retained by the Ottoman Empire when the other Aegean islands were ceded to Greece.

Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is often called the " spine of Greece ".

Because of its relative durability, pottery comprises a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it ( some 100, 000 vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum ), it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society.

Because of his great success in this role and popularity among his peers in international diplomatic circles due to his charismatic intelligence he was seen as a threat to the rigid communists in the Hungarian hierarchy and forced to return as ambassador to his earlier post in Greece and Cyprus in 1984.

Because of its appeal, Chalga has become very popular in folk festivals in Bulgaria and neighboring countries, notably Macedonia and Greece.

Because of its location on an isthmus separating two harbours, it became the most important harbour city of the western Lycia and an important centre of commerce between Greece, Asia, Egypt, and Phoenicia, although it did not belong to the Lycian League.

Because it managed to stop the Turkish army from fighting the south Greece rebels it was burnt from edge to edge.

Because Boethus was a common name in ancient Greece, specific details of his life are difficult to ascertain.

The second colony, called the " Coroneo " because they come from Koroni, Greece around 1534 Because their home town was abandoned after a plague.