Sentence examples for purportedly because of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Xi vanished from public view for two weeks in early September, purportedly because of an injury, and that fueled talk of tensions over preparations for the congress.

On December 4th the foreign ministry returned to the fray, expressing "grave concern" over the Kitty Hawk's decision to sail back to Japan through the Taiwan Strait, purportedly because of the weather.

They said the blocking and other harassment had intensified in June 2009, purportedly because of the search engine's failure to filter some inappropriate or illicit content found on the web.

Their engagement failed, purportedly because of Poe's drinking and erratic behavior.

In fact, only one small older refinery was closed purportedly because of the regulations on lead in gasoline.

In almost the same breath, he claimed that we are wrong to imagine that the chromatic quality of colours (as opposed to the extension and shape they map out) actually lies on the surface of external objects, purportedly because we have no clear idea of what it would mean for a body to be coloured (I.i.2. §12).

Caro Quintero ordered the killing of Camarena, purportedly because he was upset about a raid on a 220-acres marijuana plantation that was seized by Mexican authorities at the DEA agent's insistence.

The order halted all refugee resettlement and blocked people from seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — from entering the U.S., purportedly because those nations presented a heightened risk of terrorism.

A month later Father Thomas J. Reese was ousted by the Vatican as editor of America, a Jesuit weekly, purportedly because the magazine questioned the Church's position on such issues as gay marriage and stem-cell research.

In 2009, the country blocked Facebook, purportedly because the service had been used by protesters in the province of Xinjiang.

They were subsequently banned from returning to Russia for three years, purportedly because they had violated their visa regulations.