Sentence examples for because of a trip from inspiring English sources

Kerry told his French counterpart Laurent Fabius that he was unable to attend because of a trip to India.

Recently, Rodriguez has been in the news because of a trip to Germany, where he had an experimental procedure on his arthritic knee.

A young man who lives in Minnesota was impatient for apring to arrive because of a trip he took south to Virginia in February for three warm days, which moved his clock ahead.

Bishop Zen held a prayer vigil with Protestant leaders before the July 1 march but did not take part in the march itself; he missed last Wednesday's rally because of a trip to Rome.

By Garrison Keillor The New Yorker, April 26 , 1982P. 28 A young man who lives in Minnesota was impatient for apring to arrive because of a trip he took south to Virginia in February for three warm days, which moved his clock ahead.

Twice they found themselves in the end zone with apparent touchdowns, only to have one -- a 7-yard reception by Chrebet -- called back because of a trip by tackle Jason Fabini and another brought back because Ward bobbled the ball as he ran through the end zone.

Partly because it wasn't much of a trip and partly because they were such a fantastic team we thought we were bound to lose.

It happened because of a ski trip that Mr. Tuccio, 60, took to Aspen 21 years ago.

Mr. Malick was of course a no-show at the press conference on Sunday; Mr. Affleck was absent — perhaps because of a surprise trip to Telluride?

United has played two fewer games than Liverpool and second-place Chelsea because of a midseason trip to Japan to play in the FIFA Club World Cup.

That became an issue because of a mooted trip by Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric known to Muslims as a humane commentator on Islamic law who has said some equivocal things about Palestinian suicide-bombers.