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 of company resistance to his goals, and his cost overruns on the film ( it cost US $ 30, 000 dollars to produce ), Griffith left Biograph.

Because of the particular rarity of the granite, the best stones can cost as much as US $ 1, 500.

Because the collagen is processed extensively, the final product is not categorized as a meat or animal product by the US federal government.

Because of a US military embargo against Germany that restricted helium supplies, the Hindenburg, like all German Zeppelins, was forced to use hydrogen as the lift gas.

Because of this, Finkelstein repeatedly asserts that " fraudulent " claims were made on Switzerland, while accounts and assets in the US and Israel were ignored.

Because of these regulatory restrictions on ownership, hedge funds have been exempted from mandatory registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which is generally intended to regulate investment funds sold to retail investors.

Because of Koyama's considerable wealth, money was rarely considered an obstacle ; estimates at the time of completion put the cost of the project at US $ 350 million.

Because of this favored position, the US asked the Baring firm to handle the transaction.

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.

* 1977 – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.

Because the attacks on the United States were judged to be within the parameters of its charter, NATO declared that Article 5 of the NATO agreement was satisfied on September 12, 2001, making the US war on terrorism the first time since its inception that NATO would actually participate in a " hot " war.

Because of its depth and relative ease of access, the US Navy uses Seneca Lake to perform test and evaluation of equipment ranging from single element transducers to complex sonar arrays and systems.

Because US aircraft need to be flown for some time before they are certified, there is a provision for an experimental airworthiness certificate.

Because the US Congress was divided between slave and non-slave state members, it could not reach agreement on supporting construction of a particular route.

Because nearby loads are often correlated ( hot weather in the Southwest portion of the US might cause many people to use air conditioners ), electricity often comes from distant sources.

Because of its low density and relatively low price ( about US $ 50 per tonne of unexpanded perlite ), many commercial applications for perlite have developed.

Because many automatic belt system designs compliant with the US passive-restraint mandate did not meet the safety performance requirements of Canada — which were not weakened to accommodate automatic belts — vehicle models which had been eligible for easy importation in either direction across the US-Canada border when equipped with manual belts became ineligible for importation in either direction once the US variants got automatic belts and the Canadian versions retained manual belts.

Because countries like Gabon and Nigeria account for as much as 15 % of US crude oil imports, US companies are believed to regard the area as highly prospective.

Because of this, California sea lions are commonly found in public displays in zoos, circuses and oceanariums, where they are known as the classic " seals ," and are trained by the US Navy for certain military operations.

Because the Netherlands ' hope for liberation was now the entry of the US or the USSR into the war, the Queen dismissed her prime minister and replaced him with Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, who worked with Churchill and Roosevelt on ways to smooth the path for an American entry.

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 there is concern that it will become increasingly difficult to maintain high confidence in the current warheads for the long term, the Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration initiated the Reliable Replacement Warhead ( RRW ) Program.

Because the U. S. Department of Homeland Security includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency, it also has responsibility for preparedness, response, and recovery to natural disasters.

Because the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the western United States, the Secretary of the Interior has typically come from a western state ; only one of the individuals to hold the office since 1949 is not identified with a state lying west of the Mississippi River.

Because all property in the village is private land, the Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department is legally allowed to deny access to residential areas of the village to non-residents through the use of the village's main gate on Gatehouse Rd at A1A.

Because of specific soil conditions and a great deal of open rural land in the area, Hilliard was at one time considered by the Department of Energy as a possible site for the Superconducting Super Collider ; however, that never materialized.

Because of its ties with Wendover, Utah, and its economic ties with central Utah, the U. S. Department of Transportation moved West Wendover to the Mountain Time Zone in October 1999, while the rest of Nevada remains in the Pacific Time Zone.

Because there were three other Hartfords in Ohio, the Post Office Department requested a name change.

Because the U. S. Postal Department would not allow any new post offices to use double names, the post office, and eventually the town, became known simply as " Monroe.

Because of questions raised by the State of Nevada and Congressional members about the quality of the science behind Yucca Mountain, the Department of Energy announced on March 31, 2006 the selection of Oak Ridge Associated Universities / Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ( a not-for-profit consortium that includes 96 doctoral degree-granting institutions and 11 associate member universities ) to provide expert reviews of scientific and technical work on the Yucca Mountain Project.

Because the contaminated water poses no immediate health threat, the Department has ranked Nevada as a low priority for cleaning up major nuclear weapons sites, and it operates far fewer wells than at most other contaminated sites.

Hope's jokes were monitored by the State Department to avoid offending the Saudis ... and the media was restricted from covering the shows ... Because in Saudi Arabia national custom prescribes that women must be veiled in public, Ann Jillian, Marie Osmond, and the Pointer Sisters were left off Hope's Christmas Eve show.

Because of the covert nature surrounding this particular branch of the Wizarding government, the Department of Mysteries can be likened to real-world intelligence agencies like the CIA or MI6, in that most of their operations are kept in total secrecy from the general wizard populace.

The judge wrote, “ Because I find that the Department of Workforce Development's grant to Faith Works constitutes unrestricted, direct funding of an organization that engages in religious indoctrination, I conclude that this funding stream violates the establishment clause.

Because of the Base Realignment and Closure actions of the United States Department of Defense, closure of the plant was recommended in July 1995.

Because the majority of Route 7 runs through CFB Gagetown Environmental Assessments and Approval had to be obtained from the Department of National Defence.

Because it is steam-cured, rather than fire-cured like smoking tobacco or other chewing tobacco, it contains lower concentrations of nitrosamines and other carcinogens that form from the partially anaerobic heating of proteins-2. 8 parts per million for Ettan brand compared to as high as 127. 9 parts per million in some American brands, according to a study by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health.

Because of the presence of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project and its successors, Sandia Base had military personnel of all of the services as well as Department of Defense civilian employees.

Because of this she again donned the persona of Diana Prince and became an agent at the Department of Metahuman Affairs, where she was ordered to help capture Wonder Woman.

Because of the economics leading career, the Department of Political Science was invited to be the leading faculty in the field since the middle 1980s.

Because Massachusetts and Connecticut had refused to subject their militia to the orders of the War Department, Madison declined to pay their expenses.

Because the lake is long and wide ( 90 km by 32 km ) it makes up the eastern half of the Oruro Department, a mining region in southwest Bolivia.

Because this stretch of trail was partially built with federal funds, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources attempted to force its reopening.

Because of his interest in botany he was made assistant in the Botany Department while pursuing studies in theology.