Sentence examples for because they were several from inspiring English sources

They were all borderline retarded children who took an alternative state assessment because they were several grades behind.

About 90 seconds later, one appears to raise his arm, though it's difficult to see what he's holding because they were several feet from the camera.

In August, KeySpan Energy cut the family's gas because they were several months behind on paying their bill, which grew to $1,404.16 for cooking gas and an additional $720.81 for heating.

As for the gun makers' argument that they cannot be sued because they are several steps removed from the actual illegal sale of guns, Professor Tribe said the cigarette companies invoked that argument in vain by saying cigarettes were sold by small local stores.

Many are considered to be languishing inside because they are several years over the minimum sentence they were given.

In comparison, Canada's oil sands have to be mined because they are several hundred feet deep and the oil needs to be extracted with steam.

Many of the city's other 1,100 public schools may have been reluctant to rouse interest in the Fund for Afghan Children because they were already several weeks into a systemwide penny harvest to help the relief effort at home.

The company said it did not realise that drag queens in particular were being targeted because they were among several hundred thousand fake name reports being processed every week, "We see through this event that there's lots of room for improvement in the reporting and enforcement mechanisms, tools for understanding who's real and who's not," Mr Cox said.

Generally, the sites chosen for development were selected because they were larger or there were several lots available to build a cluster of new homes, Ms. Abrams said.

Stronger, because they are nastier, are several smaller works that ring the show, many of which feature animals.

The next day, it was difficult to check on the less severely injured patients because they were scattered throughout several wards within the hospital.