Sentence examples for because they were prohibited from inspiring English sources

The officers spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were prohibited from speaking to reporters.

The meeting took place at Patroon, near the league's Midtown Manhattan headquarters, according to the two people, who requested anonymity because they were prohibited by their superiors from discussing the matter publicly.

Their lighter armament may have been either because they "would not consent to wear the same weight of body armour as the legionaries of old" or, as in at least one documented instance, because they were prohibited from wearing heavy armour by their general in order to increase their mobility.

In his 1988 book, "Going Downtown: The War Against Hanoi and Washington," Broughton labeled Johnson and McNamara as "Washington weenies" and asserted that pilots and other aviators died because they were prohibited from hitting anti-aircraft emplacements and other "sanctuary" sites in North Vietnam.

But we also have to be merciful, compassionate, empathetic, understanding, and respect people to make the best decisions for themselves, and, up until 20 minutes ago, Canadians were not allowed to make the best decisions for themselves because they were prohibited from having this choice".

This is very unfair to solar users because they are prohibited from selling excess power to anyone other than the monopolies.

In addition, the 2006 decree failed to address the transportation problem: if women were going to work in those shops, they would need a man to drive them because they are prohibited from driving.

If airlines do not comply with the European rule because they are prohibited from doing so by national legislation, he said, they may eventually be barred from European Union airports.

Criminal activity requests average 15,000 to 20,000 per year, said law enforcement officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are prohibited by law from discussing them.

People briefed on the discussions spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are prohibited by law from discussing the content of FISA requests or even acknowledging their existence.

More recently, some publishing executives, insisting on anonymity because they are prohibited from discussing figures that have not been made public yet, say they know of some other large newspapers that had a first-quarter drop in the 30percentt range.