Sentence examples for because of ties to from inspiring English sources

Most inmates end up in these extreme isolation blocks because of ties to gang activities.

Many more may be loth to put themselves into government hands, because of ties to the rebels.

The herd to be destroyed is one of three under quarantine in Washington because of ties to the infected cow.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials have done little to clarify who, exactly, has been disqualified from running for Parliament in March because of ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.

General Abbas denied that the major had been arrested because of ties to Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American arrested by American authorities as the main suspect in the Times Square case.

A former Fisker employee familiar with the cutbacks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of ties to the company, said about 150 employees had been fired while about 50 senior managers and executives had been retained.

"The French come because Quebecers have a lot of ties to France," Hinton says.

At Lucca the bishop and the commune were jointly concerned about the claims of the Abbey of Fucecchio because of its ties to neighbouring Pisa.

In 2008, more than four times as many people earned green cards (ie, permanent residency) because of family ties to America than because of their skills.

The love was unrequited: his security clearance was revoked, as much because of personal feuds as because of earlier ties to the Communist Party.

And Mr. Maliki continues to defend his government's efforts to disenfranchise hundreds of mainly Sunni candidates because of alleged ties to the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein.