Because the government refused to consider opposition demands for an independent election commission, the three major opposition parties boycotted the October 1997 presidential election, which Biya easily won.

Because of legal issues related to holding a military rank while in a civilian office, Eisenhower had resigned his permanent commission as General of the Army before entering the office of President of the United States.

Because he lacked an officer's commission, he found it difficult to give orders and directions to his superiors.

Because the implicated commissioners refused to resign and because the President of the European Commission did not have the power to dismiss individual commissioners, Santer and his entire commission resigned on 15 March 1999, the very day of the report's publication ( see Santer Commission: Resignation ).

Because it was established as a permanent commission of inquiry, its method of investigation differs significantly from that of a court in several important respects:

Because commission of these offenses is so serious, the Church forbids the excommunicated from receiving any sacrament ( not just the Eucharist ) and also severely restricts the person's participation in other Church liturgical acts and offices.

Because ETFs trade on an exchange, each transaction is generally subject to a brokerage commission.

Because such a law was suspected unconstitutional, the Pan-Green Coalition opposed the commission.

Because of differences in the quantity and quality of information available about the performance of individual employees, the ability of employees to bear risk, and the ability of employees to manipulate evaluation methods, the structural details of individual contracts vary widely, including such mechanisms as “ piece rates, options, discretionary bonuses, promotions, profit sharing, efficiency wages, deferred compensation, and so on .” Typically, these mechanisms are used in the context of different types of employment: salespeople often receive some or all of their remuneration as commission, production workers are usually paid an hourly wage, while office workers are typically paid monthly or semimonthly ( and if paid overtime, typically at a higher rate than the hourly rate implied by the salary ).

Because of his military experience and rank he was commissioned Major General of the Army of Alabama soon after the inauguration of Jefferson Davis, a position replaced by a generalship in the Confederate Army upon its creation, but in 1862 he resigned his commission altogether due to his political opposition to the war for secession.

Because of the challenge of producing enough colour material, the commission was shared between the NHU and London's Travel and Exploration Unit.

* Because the accused are charged as unlawful combatants, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stated that an acquittal on all charges by the commission is no guarantee of a release.

Because of the Port of Galveston's enormous vessel traffic ( between 700 and 1, 400 vessels annually ), the Strand became a popular place for major businesses to locate, including the state's five largest banks at the time, wholesalers, commission merchants, cotton brokers, attorneys and slave auctioneers.

Because broker / dealers traditionally were required to charge a fixed commission and could not compete by lowering the commission for a trade, they soon began to compete by providing additional services to their institutional clients.

Because of Jasper's heroism, Governor John Rutledge presented him with his personal sword, and offered him a lieutenant's commission.

Because of this role convening various groups, UVTA spends as much time working with local land trust and conservation commission groups as it does working on the trail.

Because of the political implications of the incident, Hawkins was allowed to resign his commission.

Because Benjamin Franklin had given him an official commission, he was not merely a privateer, but an actual Captain in the United States Navy.

Because the fee or commission charged to an owner by an agency is higher than that charged by a listing service, the rent tends to be higher.

Because the military commission does not meet the requirements of the Uniform Code of Military Justice or of the Geneva Convention, it violates the laws of war and therefore cannot be used to try Hamdan.

Because we hold that Hamdan may not, in any event, be tried by the military commission the President has convened pursuant to the November 13th Order and Commission Order No. 1, the question whether his potential status as a prisoner of war independently renders illegal his trial by military commission may be reserved.

Because so many witnesses were interviewed, over such a short period of time, the process of the commission was suspect.

Because of the necessary construction work, the move took until 1999 to complete.

Because of the circumstances of his accession, Claudius took great pains to please the Senate.

Because of the extremely brutal forms that the Republican repression took in many places, certain historians such as Reynald Secher have called the event a " genocide ".

Because his task was to construct the wilful choices of his Punch editors, who probably took their cue from The Times and would have felt the suggestions of political tensions from Parliament as well, Tenniel ’ s work, as was its design, could be scathing in effect.

Because it rejected original sin and divine Revelation, both Protestant and Catholic authorities took offense.

Because of safety concerns, the RAF was not interested in white phosphorus as a source of ignition, but the idea of a self-igniting petrol bomb took hold.

Because of the plant's deep secrecy and the difficult nature of the production process, it took from January 1940 until June 1942 for the plant to become fully operational.

Because potassium and sodium are chemically very similar, it took a long time before their salts were differentiated.

Because so much biodiversity was lost, the recovery of life on Earth took significantly longer than after any other extinction event, possibly up to 10 million years.

Because of the low availability and the difficulties in the preparation of metallic scandium, which was first done in 1937, it took until the 1970s before applications for scandium were developed.

Because tools are used extensively by both humans and wild chimpanzees, it is widely assumed that the first routine use of tools took place prior to the divergence between the two species.

Because Otto III was still a child, his grandmother Adelaide of Italy took over the regency until Otto III became old enough to rule on his own.

Because of the rain delays that Sunday, when Hendrix finally took the stage it was 8: 30 am Monday morning.

Because Tubman ’ s mother was assigned to " the big house " and had scarce time for her family, as a child Tubman took care of a younger brother and a baby, as was typical in large families.

Because of opposition from William Coddington on " Rhode Island ", it took Williams until 1647 to get the four towns around Narragansett Bay to unite under a single government, and liberty of conscience was again proclaimed.

Because of a prophecy that they would overthrow their murderous uncle, they were, in the manner of many mythological heroes, abandoned at birth ; in this case, on the Tiber River by servants who took pity on the infants, despite their orders.

Because there is an economic incentive to seize property and rework statues anyway, historians and archaeologists have had difficulty determining when official damnatio memoriae actually took place, although it seems to have been quite rare.

Because the term bionic took on the implication of supernatural strength, the scientific community in English speaking countries largely abandoned it.

Because many cathedrals took centuries to build and decorate, they constitute a major artistic investment for the city in which they stand.

Because he and his brother, the future Emperor Constantine VIII ( ruled 1025 – 1028 ), were too young to reign in their own right, Basil's mother Theophano married one of Romanos ' leading generals, who took the throne as the Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas several months later in 963.

Because this being was dying, the Minbari Draal took the place of Varn as the CPU.

Because Frederick Christian's eldest son was a minor, his brother Franz Xavier and the Dowager Electress Maria Antonia took the joint regency of the Electorate until the boy's majority.

" Because craftsmen took pleasure in their work ", Morris wrote, " the Middle Ages was a period of greatness in the art of the common people.

Because of the long period in which it took to build a battle fleet, Raeder was, despite his Anglophobia, hostile towards an anti-British foreign policy ( at least until the High Seas Fleet was resurrected ) and until 1937, Raeder saw his principal enemies as France, Poland and the Soviet Union.

Because Dougherty could not control his stutter, however, production costs became too high and his recording sessions took hours.