Sentence examples for because of the blockade from inspiring English sources

"Hence, these substances only exist because of the blockade of MDMA production.

Spare parts for equipment remain a problem because of the blockade.

An estimated 1.8m litres of petrol in 60 tankers was unable to leave the site because of the blockade.

It was more crucial than the medicine sent to him, piling up in Cyprus because of the blockade.

"They are selling cooking gas for 7,000 rupees because of the blockade [more than four and a half times the usual price].

The main water-treatment plant is broken, and because of the blockade the spare parts that would fix it are unavailable.

On Monday, the rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered its economic outlook for Thailand because of the blockades.

Eight of France's 12 mainland refineries are reported to be shutting down operations because of the blockades.

Because of the Federal blockade of Southern ports, tariff revenues proved inadequate.

Out of work and starving, because of the Union blockade of cotton imports from the Confederacy, the workers nevertheless supported the Union out of pure anti-slavery principles.

The seized gold is expected to be exchanged for imports of food and other supplies that Iraq cannot obtain because of the international blockade.