Sentence examples for because of a powerful from inspiring English sources

Lyndon Johnson tried changing the landscape of guns, but he failed because of a powerful lobby.

AT first glance, money's growing influence in politics appears impossible to challenge because of a powerful positive-feedback loop.

But many companies win these battles because of a powerful threat: a bankruptcy filing that bondholders would rather avoid.

It's a controversial idea, but now it's easier than ever to do because of a powerful technology called CRISPR.

The rural poor continue to give even when they cannot afford it, says Mr Yan, because of a powerful imperative of renqing, or personal feelings.

In the race for the nomination she could falter because of a powerful anti-war sentiment in the Democratic Party base, or she could get tripped up by John Edwards in Iowa or face a surprise candidate, like Al Gore.

To a large extent that's because of Mr. Baylor, a powerful drummer who brings a sense of deep-pocket groove to the band's rhythmically convoluted compositions.

The artists were arrested and then tried because of a complaint from the powerful Revolutionary Guards, which has a great deal of influence over the country's judiciary.

Even a group with no influence will sometimes, perhaps often, get the policies it wants because it shares the preferences of a powerful group or because the strong status quo in our often gridlocked government means any group is likely to get its way on policies that it opposes.

Granada's history is one of internal crises because of the existence of a powerful landowning nobility with which, from the first, the monarchy had to come to terms, and because of wars with Castile.

"It's interesting," Diana Nneka Atuona says, "how many people ask me: 'Are you Liberian?'" They ask because she is author of a powerful new play, Liberian Girl, her debut, which opens on the main stage of the Royal Court in January.