Sentence examples for because of the defection from inspiring English sources

He was said to have failed the KGB because of the defection of Stalin's daughter Svetlana to the United States.

A customer reads of frantic talks in Britain, where yet another government has collapsed after a few weeks because of the defection of Welsh Nationalists.

Kiyomori supported Go-Shirakawa in the ensuing conflict, known as the Hōgen Disturbance (Hōgen no ran), one of the bloodiest and bitterest in Japanese history, and emerged victorious, partly because of the defection of Tameyoshi's son, Yoshitomo.

While there was some speculation that Ernst & Young might try to take over where KPMG left off, people close to Andersen said that was not probable, largely because of the defection of the Spanish office.

A mediator will decide how much ESPN can reduce its rights payments to the Big East because of the defection of Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech to the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Despite this, Labour's lead in these seats has grown from nine to 14 points over the last two years, largely because of the defection of Tory voters to UKIP.

"They did not take a position on the first day of the defection because they were scared of a reaction," said Talal Atrissi, a Lebanese political analyst.

The NHL tried to block several of the defections.

Under Communism, the Kirov toured little in the United States, in part because of the fear of defections.

That morning, the House Republican whip, Kevin McCarthy, informed his Democratic counterpart, Steny H. Hoyer, that because of conservative defections, the deal needed Democratic votes.

Sprint Nextel reported nearly a $600 million net loss on a 12percentt decline in revenue during its first quarter, largely because of defections of the company's customers to other wireless carriers.