Thanks to the disincorporation of the towns which the Quabbin Reservoir and its reservation lands now lie on, Hardwick gained a small portion of the former town of Greenwich along the northwest corner of town, though it is the smallest portion of land gained by any of the towns surrounding the reservoir.

Thanks to its strategic situation the town grew from the beginning of the 17th century to be the homeport for the Dutch war fleet.

Thanks to the A14 motorway, that passes Bludenz, the name of the town is very well known in Austria.

Thanks to this diversity of activities, Ludwig interacts with a wide cross-section of the German population of his town and the surrounding villages and we are allowed to witness those interactions.

Thanks to railway line called " Warsaw – Bydgoszcz Iron Road " town has become not only important railway junction but also dynamic developing trade – industry center.

Thanks to Commune Association of Kutno Region town maintains relationship with the English county Northumberland.

Thanks to trade privileges granted by king Stephen Bathory in 1581, the town became one of the most important centres for trading horses and cattle in Poland.

Thanks to its proximity to the A1 motorway, the town will be very well connected to three the international airport at Katowice-Pyrzowice ( about 70 km from Wodzisław ), Kraków-Balice ( about 100 km from Wodzisław ) and Ostrava-Mosnov ( about 40 km from Wodzisław ).

Thanks to its location, the town was a major staging post between London and the north: many old coaching inns still operate as pubs and hotels, and Baldock has a surprising number of pubs for its size.

Thanks to the many mountain forests around the town and the lack of industrial pollution, the air is clean in Blagoevgrad.

Thanks to the citizens ’ resourcefulness and valor the town was developing rapidly, however, it was hindered by plagues and other disasters, including numerous fires.

Thanks to his fortifying the town, it came through the wars relatively unscathed.

Thanks to the historic Battle of Legnano, Legnano is the only town, in addition to Rome, named in the Italian national anthem.

Thanks to its strong sea walls or dykes that protect the town from the full savagery of the Atlantic ocean, it has become a favourite for bathers across the Basque Coast.

Thanks to its formal political and economic importance, the communist urban design, the socialist realist architecture and its unique atmosphere the town is the considerable memento of communism.

Thanks to financial support from his two older brothers who lived in Riga ( one was a merchant and another served as a lieutenant ) Walden managed to complete his education – first graduated with honors from the district school in the town of Cēsis ( 1876 ), and then from the Riga Technical High School ( 1882 ).

Thanks to the trade the nearby area merchants became rich, and when the King Václav I gave them the privileges of township, the town of Město Pražské ( the town of Prague ) was formed.

Thanks to its picturesque, charming nature, clean seaside, the coexistence of peacefulness and the cosmopolitan life and mainly the clean environment and the hospitality of the local people, have made the town one of the biggest tourist resorts of the area.

Thanks to Cedars, Leighton was always able to punch above its weight for a Club from a relatively small town.

Thanks to the peace established in Lusitania a quick Romanisation of the indigenous population took place and Conímbriga became a prosperous town.

Thanks to fast growth and the proximity to Bukovina, the town soon became a seat of starost of the land of Halych and one of the administrative centres of the Ruthenian Voivodship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Thanks to the absence of big factories the scenic nature stayed almost untouched and the town hides several romantic places to discover.

Thanks to her father's important role on the estate, she was allowed access to the library of Arbury Hall, which greatly aided her self-education and breadth of learning.

Thanks to funds raised by Golda Meir from sympathisers in the United States, and Stalin's decision to support the Zionist cause, the Jewish representatives of Palestine were able to sign very important armament contracts in the East.

Thanks to its important museums, theatres and landmarks ( including the Milan Cathedral, the fourth largest cathedral in the world, and Santa Maria delle Grazie, decorated with Leonardo da Vinci paintings, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ) Milan attracts two million annual visitors.

Thanks to the lagoon ’ s salt marshes, the salines became Torcello ’ s economic backbone and its harbour developed quickly into an important re-export market in the profitable east-west-trade, which was largely controlled by Byzantium during that period.

Thanks to these laws, Livorno became an enlightened European city and one of the most important ports of the entire Mediterranean area.

Thanks to this treaty, Portugal retained a strong political position on a stage that revealed itself to be fundamental in preserving the territorial integrity of its most important colony, Brazil ( as argued by the Brazilian economist Celso Furtado in his work " Brazilian Economic Foundation ").

Thanks to saved Antique ager, adjusted municipal structure and a new strategic position, it became the most important city between the Kvarner islands and Kaštela Bay.

Thanks to its political and trading achievements, and also to its skilled seamen, Zadar played an important role among the cities on the east coast of the Adriatic.

Thanks to Okaji's developments, the area became an important region for the growing of rice and grain in the Matsue area.

Thanks to his diplomatic skills, Štefánik helped Masaryk and Beneš to meet and obtain the support of some of the most important personalities of the Triple Entente.

Thanks to its wide forest areas ( a total of 57 % of the surface area ), forestry is also an important industry.

Thanks to this agility the museum was able to gather important masterpieces, even when facing private collectors or institutions of major renown and bigger financial resources.

Thanks to a ford on the river located nearby, Pułtusk became an important centre of trade and commerce.

Thanks to the years during which a co-operative culture has been in place, management requests from workers for proposals to improve operations or increase productivity, for example, are no longer considered mere legal formalities ; they represent recognition of the fact that workers play an important part in plant success.

Thanks to the reconstruction, the walls are very well kept, so even today we can see almost all of the original twenty-four towers, which played an important role during wars and enemy attacks.

Thanks to its Caltech and UC Berkeley students, VLSI was an important pioneer in the electronic design automation industry.

Thanks to a number of judicious marriages they were able to add the strategically important Lordship of IJsselstein and the semi-sovereign territory of the Lords of Arkel to their domains.

Thanks to his assistants, Salt was able to build up his important collection in just two years.

Thanks to the richness of the soil, it also has prospered during the 18th and 19th centuries as an important trading center for agricultural products, attracting entrepreneurs.

Thanks to favourable climate and fertile grounds, the lower western plateau is the most important agricultural region of Switzerland.

Thanks to the abundance of the genus and to its rapid evolution, species of Plesiadapis play an important role in the zonation of Late Paleocene continental sediments and in the correlation of faunas on both sides of the Atlantic.