Owing to its strong radioactivity, actinium glows in the dark with a pale blue light, which originates from the surrounding air ionized by the emitted energetic particles.

Owing to its geographical location the town was frequently embroiled in the border warfare and power play of the 12th and 13th centuries in the Welsh Marches.

Owing to its location next to a main road and two railway lines, fans can only enter the ground via the Fulham Road exits, which places constraints on expansion due to health and safety regulations.

Owing to the small amounts of produced einsteinium and the short half-life of its most easily produced isotope, there are currently almost no practical applications for it outside of basic scientific research.

Owing to the small amounts of produced fermium and its short half-life, there are currently no uses for it outside of basic scientific research.

Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage.

Owing to its location in the Caribbean Sea in the shipping lane to the Panama Canal and relative proximity to large markets in North America and emerging markets in Latin America, Jamaica receives high container traffic.

Owing to the favourable soil and climate, the Limburg Basin stands as one of Hesse ’ s richest agricultural regions and moreover, with its convenient Lahn crossing, it has been of great importance to transport since the Middle Ages.

Owing to Macau's population ( circa 500, 000 ) and its small market, only a few options are available for the local people on media.

Owing to its concentrated taste it is usually spread thinly with butter or margarine.

Owing to its remoteness, the Pole is sometimes identified with a mysterious mountain of ancient Islamic tradition called Mount Qaf ( Jabal Qaf ), the " farthest point of the earth ".

Owing to its pyrophoricity, white phosphorus is used as an additive in napalm.

Owing to its lower cost and less wind exposure, shipboard, airport surface, and harbour surveillance radars now use this in preference to the parabolic antenna.

Owing to its damaged state, none of the three texts is absolutely complete.

Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring ...

Owing to its compact length, the V6 lends itself well to the widely-used transverse engine front-wheel drive layout.

Owing to its high levels of gluten ( which give the dough sponginess and elasticity ), common wheat ( also known as bread wheat ) is the most common grain used for the preparation of bread.

Owing to the gigantic simultaneous efforts of Frege, Dedekind and Cantor, the infinite was set on a throne and revelled in its total triumph.

Owing to PSK's simplicity, particularly when compared with its competitor quadrature amplitude modulation, it is widely used in existing technologies.

Owing to its accessibility and proximity to other attractive locations, Walhalla has had a recent economic and population surge.

Owing to the size and sheer cost of production, Cavalcade has not been staged in anything remotely like its original form ever since its initial production.

Owing to its versatile nature and wide use in both everyday and festive Indian food, it is often described ( under the name brinjal ) as the " king of vegetables ".

Owing to the scarcity of liquid helium, some laboratories have facilities to capture and recover helium as it escapes from the cryostat, although these facilities are also costly to operate.

Owing to the high sulfur content of the Athabasca Oil Sands, stockpiles of elemental sulfur from this process now exist throughout Alberta, Canada.

Owing to the unsophisticated design and the tendency for the units to overheat, surviving machines in good condition are quite uncommon and can fetch high prices by collectors.

Owing to inertia at these high speeds, the normal wood cutting mechanism of Type I chips cannot take place.

Owing to their very high affinity for water, these substances are often used as desiccants, which is also an application for concentrated sulfuric and phosphoric acids.

Owing to their location along the Pacific shelf edge and the confluence of Okhotsk Sea gyre and the southward Oyashio Current, the Kuril islands are surrounded by waters that are among the most productive in the North Pacific, supporting a wide range and high abundance of marine life.

Owing to the large immigration to Boston in the 1630s, the high articulation of Puritan cultural ideals, and the early establishment of a college and a printing press in Cambridge, the New England colonies have often been regarded as the center of early American literature.

Owing to its high density of high-end shopping, combined with the clustering of many fine eating establishments, it has rapidly become one of the most well known tourist areas on the island.

Owing to its main intended use by paratroopers, the rear sight ( which necessarily was rather high due to the straight stock design ) was a flip-up construction.

Owing to poaching and the high demand for ivory, the African forest elephant population approached critical levels in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Owing to the relatively high density of the wood ( it is one of the few woods that are denser than water ), boxwood is often used for chess pieces, unstained boxwood for the white pieces and stained (' ebonized ') boxwood for the black pieces, in lieu of ebony.

Owing to the simple layout of this high speed track and several accidents, it was considered a bad move.

Owing to its limited availability and high cost, astrophyllite is seldom seen in an ornamental capacity.

Owing to the low-lying level of Rathlin Island and the high elevation of the Mull of Kintyre it is also possible to see over the top of Rathlin Island and on towards the Antrim coastal town of Ballycastle, immediately behind.

Owing to the high density of gold, they tend to remain in pockets in the bed of the stream where further flakes are thrown and aggregate with the growing nuggets.

Owing to a lack of ticket barriers, and the difficulty of ticket verification when trains are crowded, the line has historically had a high level of fare avoidance.

Owing to surface currents, the Sargasso accumulates a high concentration of non-biodegradable plastic waste.

Owing to the high prevalence of cataracts, cataract extraction is the most common eye surgery.

Owing to the high cost of upkeep, in 1937, the island was put up for sale but was bought at the last minute by a relative, Sarah Diodati Gardiner, for $ 400, 000.

Owing to its high concentration of vineyards, the Curicó valley, which means " black water " in Mapudungun – is considered the core of Chile ’ s wine industry.

Owing to their high top speed and superb cornering ability, a Superkart's aerodynamic bodywork includes a front fairing, larger sidepods, and a rear wing.

Owing to the frequent prevalence of a high wind from the east or north-east, and the slow pace at which it is possible to move when near the top, precautions against cold are particularly requisite when climbing Monte Rosa.

Owing to the district's demographics, many felt that whoever won the election would almost instantly become a statewide figure with a high potential for election to statewide office in the future.