Sentence examples for because of a former from inspiring English sources

The site was one of the most contaminated in New York, because of a former coal gasification plant.

She has cause to worry, not least because of a former lover who is threatening blackmail and an anonymous letter bearing witness to her infidelities.

Or rather, it was because of a former ITT employee named Rashidah Smallwood, who connected with the organization I ran at the time, Campus Progress, and came to Washington to tell her story.

The credit card arrangement became public, he said, because of Felipe Turover, a former employee of the Swiss bank.

Not for you, of course; because, as a former IT manager, I know your backup regime is this: 1) Never back up; 2) When catastrophe hits, come to me, crying.

His endorsement was important not only because, as a former prisoner of war who survived torture, he has particular authority on the issue but also because he is a Republican.

The lack of roads, antennae and buildings on the mountain is largely because of Percival Baxter, a former governor who from 1930 to 1962 amassed the land and funds to create what is now the 210,000-acre Baxter State Park.

Mariano Rivera locked down the ninth inning for his seventh save and the Yankees came away with a hard-fought victory, in large part because of Chavez, a former Oakland Athletics star who was pretty sure he was going to retire last winter.

Rather, people hate landlords because of the very things that Mr. Stratton casually confesses to doing: "peering in apartment windows for cats"; moving an old lady's belongings into the basement because of what a former landlord says about her; and refusing to rent to tenants who complain.

Turner could not join the Nationals immediately after the trade because of Pete Incaviglia, a former major league outfielder who was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1985.

Indian decision-making can be agonisingly slow, because, in the words of a former government minister, "everyone has a veto".