Because of this, it would appear inevitable that an increasing percentage of strategic missiles will seek self-protection in mobility -- at least until missile defenses are perfected which have an exceedingly high kill probability.

Because of its strategic location it is in both the Russian and American spheres of influence.

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

Because Ismail Khan was contained by the Afghan National Army, the warlords who opposed him were quickly able to occupy strategic locations unopposed.

Because the French government did not want to spend too much money on its colony it allowed for the establishment of the so-called Concessionary Companies, monopolies given a free hand to exploit the colony's resources except at a few strategic places, mainly around the Congo River.

Because of the low availability relative to demand, rhenium is among the most expensive of metals, with an average price of approximately US $ 4, 575 per kilogram ( US $ 142. 30 per troy ounce ) as of August 2011 ; it is also of critical strategic military importance, for its use in high performance military jet and rocket engines.

Because of difficulties in human lookahead — peculiar to Reversi because of the apparent strategic meaninglessness of internal disks ( making blindfold games — if not virtually impossible without enormous dedication — more difficult than is the case in, say, chess ) and the attractiveness of the game to programmers — the best Othello computer programs have easily defeated the best humans since 1980, when the program The Moor beat the reigning world champion.

Because hardbat killer shots are almost impossible to hit against a skilled player, hardbat matches focus on the strategic side of table tennis, requiring skillful maneuvering of the opponent before an attack can become successful.

Because of its strategic value, the case of the nitrogen factory Oberschlesische Stickstoffwerke was argued for years before the Permanent Court of International Justice, finally setting some new legal precedences on what is " just " in international relations.

Because of its strategic location, in 1343 king Casimir III signed there a peace treaty with the Teutonic Order.

Because it is a strategic advantage to go all in with some hands while being able to add to your stake with others, such games should strictly enforce a minimum buy-in that is several times the maximum bet ( or blinds, in the case of a no-limit or pot-limit game ).

Because of its strategic location, the fort was taken by the Union Army in 1864.

Because of its strategic value, however, Warren County was occupied by Confederate forces in September 1861.

Because of its location on both a rail line and the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic site during the American Civil War.

Because Hughesville, though small, is considered the strategic geographic center of the tri-county Southern Maryland region, it houses institutions such as the headquarters for the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, a humane society, an economic development council, a board of realtors, and a homeless shelter, which serve the tri-county area.

Because of its strategic importance, the city of Venlo was besieged several times.

Because of its strategic position along the Oude IJssel and Gelderse IJssel, Doesburg has been an important fortified city for a long time.

Because of this strategic location Nijkerk regularly was the scene of war, and in 1412 the village was completely destroyed.

Because of its strategic position, Native Americans and early explorers often held meetings on the shores of " La Queue de Loutre ," so named because of the long sand bar separating the lake from the river, which looked like – and still looks like ( two centuries later ) – an otter's tail.

Because Malmstrom ’ s location placed most strategic targets in the Soviet Union within range of Minuteman, the base was selected to become a command and control center for ICBMs located in central Montana.

Because of its strategic position in the defense of the port of Antwerp, Brasschaat became an important military outpost during World War I.

Because of its strategic importance it was the scene of three major campaigns.

Because of its geographic position, Rio Grande do Norte has a strategic importance.

Because of the strategic weather advantage of the former PAFB site, as well as its relatively convenient access by air to the most remote parts of Upstate New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton used the former airbase landing strip on her trips to campaign in the North Country region during her first term as a US Senator from New York in early 2002.

Because of its eccentric location in the Netherlands, and its geographical and cultural proximity to Belgium, integration of Maastricht and Limburg into the Netherlands did not come about easily.

Because the geographical territory in which Occitan is spoken is surrounded by regions in which other Romance languages are used, external influences could have influenced its origin and development.

Because of diversion of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya for cotton cultivation and other purposes, what once was the world's fourth largest inland sea has shrunk in the past thirty years to only about one-third of its 1960 volume and less than half its 1960 geographical size.

Because of the geographical range in Alaska and Siberia, Mammuthus primigenius tusks have been well preserved.

Because of Mount Holly's geographical location, residents there have access to a number of public and private colleges and universities, including Belmont Abbey College, Gaston College, Central Piedmont Community College, Queens University of Charlotte, Pfeiffer University, Johnson and Wales University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Johnson C. Smith University.

* Because of the river's geographical position, it is too cold in winter to support crocodiles.

Because satellites have a limited number of frequencies to use, the ability to re-use a frequency for different geographical locations ( without different data interfering with each other at the receiver ) allows for more local channels to be carried, since the same frequency can be used in several regions.

Because the family is so ancient and was so widely distributed on the Gondwana supercontinent, modern species commonly occur in relict populations isolated by geographical barriers, for instance on islands or tropical mountains.

Because it is bounded by water on three sides, it is considered a geographical headland.

Because of its topographical characteristics and geographical location, it is rarely visited by typhoons.

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 this wide geographical separation along with persecution by Pakistan government and uneven development of democratic movement in the two parts of Pakistan, the communists of East Pakistan felt the need to have an independent center for further advancing their activities.

Because of its strategic geographical situation, remains of the Defence Line of ' Poznań ' Army, including reinforced concrete bunkers, can be seen near Konin.

Because of its geographical position, Key West was often sought as a port of refuge for ships caught in storms, and was for the same reason near frequent shipwrecks.

Because of geographical constraints, as well as safety considerations, the Israeli space program focuses on very small satellites loaded with payloads of a high degree of sophistication, and cooperation with other national space agencies.

Because of the relative geographical isolation of the island, the citizens developed their own culture and even their own dialect.

Because of the stature of Ethnologue as a widely accepted authority on the identification and classification of dialects and languages, their divergent views of the geographical distribution and dialectal naming of the Punjabi language merit mention.

Because of its geographical position close to the coast of the Normandy landings, Amfreville was liberated on 6 June 1944.

Because of its important geographical position, and as head of the civil and Catholic governments it acquired special importance during the 18th century.

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.

Weather, population density, geographical distances, and local housing architecture play a role in the use of modular construction for home building .. Because modular construction is so adaptable, it has begun to permeate every region of the country

Because of their large geographic and population sizes, California and Texas send two representatives to their regional tournament ; Northern California and Southern California in the West region tournament and Texas East and Texas West ( whose areas encompass more than the geographical areas of East Texas and West Texas, splitting roughly along the I-35 / I-37 corridor ) compete in the Southwest region tournament.

Because the town was located at the geographical center of the colony ( which then included West Virginia ), Staunton served between 1738 and 1771 as regional capital for what was known as the Northwest Territory, with the westernmost courthouse in British North America prior to the Revolution.

Because these constituencies had much lower populations that the ordinary geographical constituencies this resulted in malapportionment.