Sentence examples for because they were engaged from inspiring English sources

Affan found the Brothers appealing because they were engaged in the real world.

The package, detailed by the defence secretary, Philip Hammond, will offer support for 1,200 interpreters, with around half – those judged to be particularly at risk because they were engaged in frontline operations – given the chance to settle in Britain.

He brokered two long-term deals for A. J. Burnett at past winter meetings, in 2005 with Toronto and in 2008 with the Yankees, and Cashman said the Burnett negotiations proceeded at a deliberate pace two years ago because they were engaged in a bidding war with Atlanta.

A former presidential aide, Alhaji Halidu Haruna, suggested that celebrities who were campaigning did not sound "reasonable" because they were "engaged in prostitution".

Rivers said part of the problem was guard penetration that put the Clippers' big men out of rebounding position because they were engaged in help defense.

Recently at a local restaurant my guy commented how the couples around us never exchanged a word because they were engaged with their phones.

Because they were engaging in what T. Rowe Price described as "collective" trading.

The 9th Squadron managed to hold their line, but because they were engaging a far larger force, the 6th Squadron moved forward on their left to support them.

Seventy four organisations are at present proscribed because they are engaged in or support terrorism.

Under Mr. Bernanke's plan, investment banks, because they are engaged in borrowing and lending using a variety of complicated credit instruments, would be subject to regulatory supervision, just as commercial banks are.

He believes that bus users can wait because they are engaged in less important jobs.