Because of this risk, patients prescribed clozapine may need to have regular blood checks to catch the condition early if it does occur, so the patient is in no danger.

Because thyroid tissue usually contains a substantial reserve of thyroid hormone, thyrostatics can take weeks to become effective, and the dose often needs to be carefully titrated over a period of months, with regular doctor visits and blood tests to monitor results.

Because the Swans and the Saints used to be towards the bottom of the ladder on a regular basis after the Second World War up until St Kilda's move away from the Junction Oval, clashes between both sides used to be dubbed " The Lake Premiership ".

Because some users of the Python programming language found the use of regular expressions limiting, an extension to Python has been introduced, which makes it possible to use SNOBOL pattern matching in Python programs.

Because of the shortened season, the NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament, in which eight teams from each conference were seeded 1 – 8 based on their regular season records.

Because of the way their regular crystalline atomic structure causes their spins to interact, some metals are ferromagnetic when found in their natural states, as ores.

Because of this, and by the nature of the storylines focusing on particular groups of characters, in any week the series comprises between 20 and 30 speaking characters out of a regular cast of about 60.

Because the Russians desired to slip undetected into Vladivostok, as they approached Japanese waters they steered outside regular shipping channels to reduce the chance of detection.

Because Parliament is a court, the highest in the land, a bill of attainder is a legislative act declaring a person guilty of treason or felony, in contrast to the regular judicial process of trial and conviction.

Because of the regular use of Persians as outcrosses, some Exotics may carry a copy of the recessive longhair gene.

Because of a seemingly meaningless loss to the lowly Chicago Bulls in the regular season finale ( both the Sixers and the Lakers finished with identical 56 – 26 records, but Los Angeles was awarded a higher seed based on tiebreakers ), the 76ers had to open a series on the road for the first time in the 2001 playoffs.

Because the Devils finished the regular season with one more point than Dallas, the Stars had to play their first playoff series without home ice advantage since 1995.

Because of these restrictions, there is no regular vehicle ferry service for visitors to take their car to Avalon and the rest of Catalina Island.

Because the marathon depends on the thickness of the ice, it is not held on a regular schedule and can be somewhat rare.

Because of the high elevation and aridity, large diurnal temperature differences are a regular feature of Big Piney's climate.

Because the effects of fentanyl last for only a very short time, regular users may become addicted very quickly.

Because of his episcopal duties, the regular running of the cathedral was the responsibility of the prior.

Because the Debian approach diverges significantly from the Exim one it is common to find a lack of support for the Debian approach on the regular Exim mailing-lists and users are pointed towards the Debian-specific list.

Because a market system relies on the assumption that players are constantly involved and unequally enabled, a market system is distinguished specifically from a voting system where candidates seek the support of voters on a less regular basis.

Because Cubs regular third baseman Aramis Ramírez was on the disabled list for the last few weeks of the 2005 season, he volunteered to temporarily play third base, and Cub skipper Dusty Baker agreed.

Because of his actions at Cedar Mountain, McDowell was eventually brevetted major general in the regular army ; however, he was blamed for the subsequent disaster at Second Bull Run.

( Because of their construction waterproof zippers need two or three times as much pull as regular zippers to close.

Because the two men got to see each other on a much more regular basis the differences in character became apparent: Mondrian was an introvert, while van Doesburg was more flamboyant and extravagant.

Because the needs of animals, as well as the regulations on veterinary medicine, are often very different from those related to people, veterinary pharmacy is often kept separate from regular pharmacies.

Because of the importance of air superiority, since the dawn of aerial combat armed forces have constantly competed to develop technologically superior fighters and to deploy these fighters in greater numbers, and fielding a viable fighter fleet consumes a substantial proportion of the defense budgets of modern armed forces.

Because of this unreliability, soldiers carrying muskets, known as musketeers, were armed with additional weapons such as swords or pikes.

" Because of Moseley's death in World War I, the British government instituted a policy of no longer allowing its prominent and promising scientists to enlist for combat duty in the armed forces of the Crown.

Because of a long history of neutrality, the army does not take part in armed conflicts in other countries, but takes part in peacekeeping missions around the world.

Because of the Alawite composition of the Syrian armed forces, its interests are closely aligned with those of President Bashar al-Assad and the Assad family.

Because Rolemaster's approach to combat favors a warrior that is properly armed and armored, a character that is poorly-equipped ( as is typically the case with newly-generated characters ) is decidedly vulnerable.

Because the British occupation forces who had arrived to accept the Japanese surrender were short of troops, they armed French POWs on September 22 to protect the city from a potential Viet Minh attack.

Because its primary function is to coordinate a fleet, a flagship is not necessarily more heavily armed or fortified than other ships.

Because coca was one ingredient in the production of cocaine, the U. S. sent their own armed forces into El Chapare in order to aid the Bolivian authorities in halting its production.

Because of the dangers inherent in armed confrontation, even police or soldiers who might strongly prefer to take an enemy alive may still kill to protect themselves or civilians, and potentially cross the line into extrajudicial murder.

Because the ruling class will not relinquish power without their use of armed force, this revolution will be a time of violence as well as liberation.

Because of the delays William had no work for them and this caused further anger, at one stage Nelson was almost in a state of armed rebellion against the Company ’ s agents.

Because they are not part of the United Kingdom, they are not answerable to the British Government ; instead they are organised by and are responsible to their own governments ( an exception to this is the Sovereign Base Areas Police-because the SBAs existence is purely for the benefit of the British armed forces and do not have full overseas territory status, the SBA Police are responsible to the Ministry of Defence ).

Because many members of state defense forces are veterans who have retained ranks received from service in the armed forces, some state defense forces have an inflated grade structure.

Because the plane had been designed for the Swedish Air Force they were considerably more powerfully armed than the U. S. model, which carried only two. 30-caliber machine guns firing through the propeller.

Because the statistics prove that this armed robbery pays the most for the least amount of risk.

Because the regiment had been formed by Royal Warrant, it was legally part of the Crown's armed forces, even though it had been out of the country for three decades.

Because of the continual bureaucratic postponements of the paramilitary invasion, the CIA worried that their Guatemalan army of liberation, or any other Guatemalan armed rebel-group, might prove over-eager and prematurely launch a coup d ’ état.

Because of the complexity of the missile and the need for extensive testing prior to launch, the V-2's designers at the Peenemünde Army Research Center favoured using heavily defended fixed sites where the missiles could be stored, armed, and fueled from an on-site LOX production plant before launching.

Because of their political principles and continued armed uprisings, Russia's leftist parties were undecided whether to participate in the Duma elections, which had been called for early 1906.

Because the Yugoslav Army was at the time armed with US arms and locally developed German World War II equipment, the German and American vehicles, machine guns, radios and entrenching tools are remarkably accurate.

Because they are usually transported by air, such military units are usually lightly armed, but often extremely well trained to compensate for their lower calibre weapons and lack of heavy equipment like tanks.

Because the plantation owners had long feared such a revolt, they were well armed and prepared to defend themselves.