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 towns ' strategic location, many different crafts were developed and practiced in Turaŭ.

Thanks to the dogged defense waged by the III Corps, commanded by Marshal Davout, and the Bavarian VII Corps, commanded by Marshal Lefebvre, Napoleon was able to defeat the principal Austrian army and wrest the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war.

Thanks to the duty-free policy ( port franc ) and the facilities for long-term storage of levantine goods and grains, until the late 19th century Livorno enjoyed a strong strategic position with respect to Greek entrepreneurial interests in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the North Atlantic.

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 location at a strategic bend in the river, the views of London ( Westminster, the South Bank and London Eye to the west, the City of London and Canary Wharf to the east ) from the bridge are widely held to be the finest from any spot at ground level.

Thanks to fast and effective mobilization in December 1918, the Ukrainians possessed a large numerical advantage until February 1919, and pushed the Poles into defensive positions.

Thanks to Fletcher's impact in the second row and the prop positions Wigan managed the seemingly impossible and survived relegation from the Super League, finishing 7th and just missing a playoff place to local rivals Warrington Wolves.

L to R: Paul Hester, Neil Finn, Nick Seymour. Thanks to their Split Enz connection, the newly formed Crowded House had an established Australasian fanbase.

Thanks to the sudden and surprising maturation of most of the aforementioned players ( specifically the pitching ), the Royals won their fifth division championship in 1984, relying on Brett's bat and the young pitching staff of Saberhagen, Gubicza, Charlie Leibrandt, Black and Jackson.

Thanks to their influence, studying calculus became the major focus of Euler's work.

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 to their compact design, Wankel rotary engines have been installed in a variety of vehicles and devices including automobiles, motorcycles, racers, aircraft, go-karts, jet skis, snowmobiles, chain saws, and auxiliary power units.

Thanks to the betrayal of the Krakow townspeople and the help of the Franciscans ( who even hid him in their monastery ), Henry IV took the city and was recognized as High Duke.

Thanks to the printing press, all over Europe a collective effort proceeded to circulate the works of Galen and Avicenna, and later publish criticisms on their works.

Thanks to a military misinterpretation, the Mosquitoes attack their own armored cars instead of Tintin and his friends.

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 to a tiebreaker, the Spurs won their third straight Division title as Tim Duncan claimed his second straight NBA MVP.

Thanks to his popularity with the army, Nikephoros II Phokas was crowned emperor by the side of Romanos's young sons on 16 August 963, and in spite of the patriarch's opposition married their mother, the regent Theophano.

Thanks to their work promoting the personal and social development of young people, The Wildlife Trusts is a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services ( NCVYS ).

Thanks to Yuuki, Sara and Sojirou later reunite and speak about what happened to their relationship and confess their existing love for each other, though admit that the relationship is, now, unsalvageable.

Thanks to his work in their behalf, Coke had earned the favour of the Dukes of Norfolk.

Thanks to their connection with Mike Batt, band members appeared in Womble costumes on Top of the Pops, performing the Wombles hit " Remember You're a Womble ".

Thanks to their geographically different areas, NTL and Telewest had co-operated previously, as in re-directing potential customers living outside their respective areas.

“ Thanks to information provided by their agents ,” Moynihan concluded in his book Secrecy, they did it in four.

NOFX has a song titled " Kill Rock Stars " on their album So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes, written as a response to Kathleen Hanna labeling the band as misogynists.

Thanks to the backing from BAT, British American Racing benefitted from significant funding and a lavish budget in their opening season but it was reported that by half way through the season they had already overspent that budget by enough to keep Formula 1 minnows Minardi racing for several years.

On Tuesday November 22, 2011, Thursday posted a statement on their webpage and a tweet reading " Thanks & Love " expressing their intention to stop producing music together.

He was the person who slapped himself in the commercial for Skin Bracer by Mennen, saying the famous line " Thanks ...

Thanks in part to the novel, the springs are now a famous sightseeing spot in Japan.

Since the 2007, a New category of Idol, the " Virtual Idol " is growing popular in Japan. Thanks to the advent of Vocaloid 2 and it's famous Character Hatsune Miku the " Virtual Idol " are enjoying a great popularity amongs the peoples, gaining a solid Fan-base. This new type of " idol " in addition to the usual Media, They often receive adaptations in other dedicated media spanning: Anime, Manga, Novel, Videogames, ...

Thanks to Full Throttle, Bone to Pick became the most famous and acclaimed album of the band, even gaining considerable attention outside of the United States.

Thanks to the assistance the famous treeman Druthu and other native spirits of the wood, the Necromancer was driven off, but not before causing serious damage to the forest.

Thanks to Pretty in Pink, Cryer slowly became more famous.

Thanks to their PR efforts Derwatt becomes more and more famous and his paintings ever more valuable.

Thanks to his wealth, privileges as well as social and cultural commitment he was a Jewish dignitary famous in his day in Central and Eastern Europe.

Thanks to the famous biologist Prof. A. Brauner the SRO still exists.

This was the subject of one of Francisco de Goya's famous aquatint prints titled Gracias a la Almorta (" Thanks to the Grasspea "), depicting poor people surviving on a porridge made from grasspea flour, one of them lying on the floor, already crippled by it.

Thanks to the famous poem that he said after a princess tried to degrade his people since they were few.

Thanks to the parking lot and road built next to the castle it currently welcomes a great number of visitors.

Thanks to finding spells pointing to the scarecrow and the skull, he comes to Market Chipping in disguise, then goes to Upper Folding and to Howl's castle.

Thanks to the help of his former colleague, Count Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Reden, who gave him an asylum in his castle in the Riesengebirge, he succeeded in crossing the frontier into Bohemia.