Thanks to a large amount of copper resources, progressive legislation and a healthy investment environment, Chile has become the copper mining capital of the world, producing over 1 / 3 of the global copper output.

Thanks to large number of ancient rock-cut cave temples there have been preserved valuable ancient and early medieval frescoes in more than 20 locations of India.

Thanks to its many entrepreneurs and engineers, and its large stock of easily mined coal, Scotland became a world centre for engineering, shipbuilding, and locomotive construction, with steel replacing iron after 1870.

Thanks to these extra elements, Earth in the Marvel Universe is home to a large number of superheroes and supervillains, who have gained their powers by any of these means.

Thanks in large part to this particular Gatorade dunking, a tradition of sorts was formed that continues to this day.

Thanks in large part to the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, public radio continued to air a smattering of audio drama until the mid-1980s.

) Thanks to the aforementioned rivers, a large amount of cheap irrigation is available.

Thanks to Dom Pedro II, the second Emperor of Brazil, who encouraged immigration, a large number of Swedes entered Brazil, settling mainly in the cities of Joinville and Ijuí.

Thanks to these two key components, reinforcement learning can be used in large environments in any of the following situations:

Thanks in large part to strong play by Peca, Yashin and Osgood, the new-look Islanders opened the season on a tear, starting 11 – 1-1 – 1 en route to finishing with 96 points, their best point total in 18 years.

Thanks in large part to these shopping and entertainment destinations, Sunrise has become one of Florida ’ s top tourist draws.

Thanks in large part to a refugee center operated by the College of Southern Idaho, since 1995 significant numbers of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Soviet Union have settled in Twin Falls.

Thanks to continuous improvement of techniques, the agriculturists and horticulturists do not only produce a very large range vegetables and flowers and animals for the local market but also for export to France, Germany, Europe in general, Asia and oversea.

Thanks to the huge size of the English-speaking North American media market, the United States has a large magazine industry with hundreds of magazines serving almost every interest, as can be determined by glancing at any newsstand in any large American city.

Thanks to innovative high-speed " Super Gaggles ," which utilized fighter-bombers in combination with large numbers of supply helicopters, and the Air Force's utilization of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft employing the innovative LAPES delivery method, aerial resupply was never halted.

Thanks to the large population of francophones, both the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest ( the French public board ) and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud ( the French Catholic board ) operate elementary and secondary schools in Welland.

Thanks to the huge limestone cliffs of Capo Caccia and Punta Giglio there are more than 300 caves above and below water, with about 30 large, and many smaller, underwater sea caves.

Thanks to its large scale, Haenam has been main place of producing lots of farming products from sweetpotatoes to cabbages.

Thanks to the long property lots, the blocks, more often than not, are very large and have abundant backyards, some having a perimeter of more than a kilometer.

Thanks in large part to the largesse of The Houston Endowment, the name of Jesse H. Jones is memorialized throughout Houston.

Thanks to the close ties with the Związek Walki Zbrojnej and then the AK ( mainly through Iwański's Security Corps, the Polish underground police force ), the ŻZW received a large number of guns and armaments, as well as training of their members by professional officers.

Thanks to large flat areas, it is covered by the modern city.

Thanks to a large investment by the school's charitable foundation the whole of the East Wing was fully refurbished as part of the school redevelopment.

Thanks to British counter-intelligence efforts, of which Philby's Iberian subsection formed a significant part, the project ( code-named Bodden ) never came to fruition.

Thanks in part to these successes there was a high expectation that the 1970 budget would be a more generous one.

Thanks in part to reruns of The Monkees on Saturday mornings and in syndication, The Monkees Greatest Hits charted in 1976.

Thanks in part to its success in organizing labor unions and its early opposition to fascism, the Communist Party of the United States ( CPUSA ) increased its membership through the 1930s, reaching a peak of about 75, 000 members in 1940 – 41.

Thanks in part to artificial feeders and winter-blooming gardens, hummingbirds formerly considered doomed by faulty navigational instincts are surviving northern winters and even returning to the same gardens year after year.

Thanks in part to Serrano's subsequent legal battle, the ordinance was dropped.

Thanks much in part to its unique half-timbered architecture, Solvang has become a major California tourist attraction, with over one million visitors per year.

Thanks to local Boy Scout Troop 457 ( Zelienople, PA ), a set of steps were built leading up to the seat as part of an Eagle Scout project for Christopher Van Arsdale of Harmony.

Thanks to the financial generosity of the citizens of the Town of Cumberland, major renovations have been completed at Cumberland High School as part of the " CHS 2010 " program.

Thanks, in part, to these proceeds, which began flowing in 2004, the City has been able to purchase police cars and equipment, complete the Mildred Street streetscape project in 2007 adding sidewalks, curb, gutter and benches ; renovate and construct parks ; and renovate City Hall.

Thanks in part to experimental archaeology, it is generally believed that the pilum's design evolved to be armour-piercing: the pyramidal head would punch a small hole through an enemy shield allowing the thin shank to pass through and penetrate a distance sufficient to hit the man behind it.

Thanks to this result, this Australian team, managed by the English Terry Venables and not by the Scottish Oceania Champion Eddie Thomson, took part to the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia, finishind second losing the final match against Brazil.

In the trilogy's fourth book So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish, Marvin the Paranoid Android says of himself: " Every part of me has been replaced at least fifty times ...".

Thanks in part to him, Alfred D. Herger ( who became known as the biggest pandillero in Puerto Rico ) and Felix Santiesteban, the group became a teen favorite in the Caribbean island.

Under the leadership of Byrnes, the program managed newly constructioned factories across the country which created raw materials, civilian and military production, and transportation for US military personal and was credited for providing the employment needed to officially bring an end to the Great Depression Thanks to his political experience, his probing intellect, his close friendship with Roosevelt, and in no small part to his own personal charm, Byrnes was soon exerting influence over many facets of the war effort which were not technically under his departmental jurisdiction.

Thanks in part to the new causeway, Sanibel is rapidly becoming a popular tourist destination known for its shell beaches and wildlife refuges.

Thanks in part to his efforts, Hickel's debates with Congressional leaders led to enough initially hesitant Republicans voting in favor of the Alaska Statehood Act in 1958.

Thanks in part to credit arranged by Jacob Furth, Seattle rebuilt from the ashes with astounding rapidity.

" Thanks in part to more efficient movement and positioning of the locomotives, the company says it reduced build time by 16 %.