Sentence examples for owing to efforts from inspiring English sources

Katharevusa originated in the 19th century owing to efforts to "purify" the language of foreign elements and to systematize its morphology by using ancient Greek roots and much classical inflection.

Partly owing to his horror at the First World War, when the Germans and the British appealed to incommensurate notions of a just cause, and partly owing to efforts to endow philosophy with the same objective stance as the sciences, he claimed that moral judgements should be regarded as non-verifiable expressions of attitude that fell outside the domain of philosophy (Pigden, 2003).

Owing to efforts of investigators and elevated levels of technologies, our knowledge on the mechanisms of plant salinity tolerance is dramatically expanding these days.

For now, the slow pace of acceptance is largely owing to efforts of politically active and well-organized opponents, including unions like the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, which have strong ties to the Democratic Party.

This view is gradually changing owing to efforts made to detect progerin or prelamin A accumulation during normal aging.

115 The range of impacts from prolonged sediment cover includes shading and thus suppression of food production by coral symbionts, smothering of corals, 108, 116, 117 energetic losses owing to effort spent to reject sediments, 118 and disease.

(This was partly owing to the efforts of Tom Coburn, a Senator from Oklahoma, who announced his retirement this week).

By that time, owing to the efforts of public and private enterprise, South Africa had developed a modern infrastructure, by far the most advanced in Africa.

It was owing to his efforts that the 1907 convention of his Zionist socialist party, Poale Zion ("Workers of Zion"), included the following declaration in its platform: "The party aspires to the political independence of the Jewish people in this land".

In a door-hanger ad that the PAC has given Republican-leaning voters, images of Hillary Clinton and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif). accompany a warning that Lamb "wants to impose restrictions on gun ownership and the Second Amendment". Rick Saccone, the GOP nominee, has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association, in part owing to his efforts to unravel some Pennsylvania gun laws.

The trial came to light owing to the efforts of Pippa King, a Hull-based campaigner who, along with others such as David Clouter, led the charge against the use of biometrics in schools for such things as registration, checking out library books, and paying for meals.