The phrase "ahead because of a" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to assess its correctness in written English.
It could be used in a sentence where you are explaining a reason for being ahead in a certain situation, but it needs additional information to be clear.
Example: "We are ahead because of a strategic decision made last year."
Alternatives: "in front due to a" or "leading as a result of a".
"Fewer girls try to get ahead because of a mentality in our culture that says boys have better leadership skills.
Besides Lewis, Klitschko (33-2 with 32 knockouts) lost to Chris Byrd when he quit while ahead because of a shoulder injury.
The driver of the offending train claimed he had not seen the tail lights of the train ahead because of a cloud of a dust.
"For us, it was a choice of lowering our standards or waiting, and we chose to wait," Mr. Kittock said, "but it's tough to see time slipping by and things not moving ahead because of a lack of horsepower". His company, which develops software for Internet publishing, could use twice the dozen programmers it now employs.
Saturday's match could not go ahead because of a power cut in the Fir Park area shortly before kick off.
But BBC Scotland has learned that the match might yet not go ahead because of a further appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Acevedo was "very quickly" taken away, he said, along with her brother, while the bride and groom were questioned before being told by the officers that the ceremony could not go ahead because of an alleged discrepancy in their paperwork.
Audience members told BBC Radio Norfolk that 20 minutes after the show was due to begin they were informed it wouldn't go ahead because of "an incident".
Three judges in London, headed by the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, gave the go-ahead because of a "very significant" danger of jury tampering.
That number will increase exponentially in the years ahead because of what Robin Barr, a senior official at the National Institute on Aging, calls "an aging tsunami". Alzheimer's disease and other dementias not only destroy the lives of those who suffer from them but take a devastating toll on family caregivers and on those who must pay the cost of care.
But that number will increase exponentially in the years ahead because of what Robin Barr, a senior official at the National Institute on Aging, calls "an aging tsunami". A highly cited published research analysis estimates that the number of people with Alzheimer's around the world will jump from 36 million today to 115 million by 2050.
