Sentence examples for were therefore eligible for from inspiring English sources

Under a law passed in 1991, the government presumed that Vietnam veterans with certain diseases had been exposed to Agent Orange, and were therefore eligible for disability compensation and health care benefits.

Rises in ABB-equivalent students came to the rescue of universities who sought to expand; surprisingly, some 30% of so-called ABB students do not, in fact, have A-levels, but some other kind of equivalent qualification, usually BTECs, and were therefore eligible for exclusion from number quotas.

After eight weeks, 34 of the people who practiced the relaxation response — a little more than half — had achieved a systolic blood pressure reduction of more than 5 mm Hg, and were therefore eligible for the next phase of the study, in which they could reduce levels of blood pressure medication they were taking.

Eighty-nine patients with 100 severe open tibial fractures were therefore eligible for inclusion (eleven patients with bilateral fractures).

Citibank customers were deemed to be members of a group and were therefore eligible for lower-cost coverage under the group policies.

The fundamental work had been done in plants, but the award went to researchers who transferred the technique to worms and were therefore eligible for the Physiology or Medicine prize.

A cooling tower is therefore eligible for certification provided it is used in connection with a pre-1976 plant.

The Virginia Supreme Court yesterday threw out a jury verdict finding that a man on death row is not mentally retarded and is therefore eligible for execution.

You may need them to show that you have a pre-existing condition and are therefore eligible for the pool.

Two years ago, this Court vacated a judgment of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals holding that Bobby James Moore was not intellectually disabled and was therefore eligible for the death penalty.

Others to benefit from the changes are those earning under the £19,355 threshold who have young children and are therefore eligible for higher personal allowances, or are over 65 and qualify for higher personal allowances.