Sentence examples for because they were encouraged from inspiring English sources

Professors in the philosophy department at San José State University wrote a letter of complaint because they were encouraged to use a popular online Harvard course, "JusticeX", as part of their own curriculum.

The unions had threatened to walk out at 12 01 a.m. yesterday, but an hour before that deadline, union officials announced that they were suspending the planned strike because they were encouraged by the negotiations.

He devised a study in which subjects delivered what they thought were painful electric jolts to a fellow participant, merely because they were encouraged to do so by the scientist in charge who assured them it was necessary for a learning experiment.

The long pursuit of Cesc Fábregas was fundamentally flawed because they were encouraged to believe he was open to the offer; United, in short, were told Fábregas was increasingly agitated about his potential lack of games for Barcelona in a World Cup year – but ultimately they could not get the man they regarded as their top target and they recognise that amounts to a long, drawn-out failure.

We speculate that the students in our study improved their understanding of the equal sign because they were encouraged to create equivalent and more manageable expressions when attempting to solve mental mathematics problems.

Some of it occurs because they are encouraged — by their husbands, bosses and the government — to take long maternity leaves.

What we mean is that girls make specific choices on the one hand because they are encouraged down certain paths and on the other because they are unaware or have little knowledge of alternative options.

Yes, because they are encouraged by the successes of previous protests.

When crime rates go up, the police say it is because they are encouraging more victims to come forward, Mr. Silverman said, "but when crime goes down, it's the work of the police".

We told ourselves that either the Palestinians had left because they wanted to leave, or they were encouraged to leave by other Arabs.

They are encouraged because they know I came to this so late in my career.