Sentence examples for which began because from inspiring English sources

The drop, which began because of pollution and dam-building, has been accelerated by illegal fishing, Andrei Krainy, the head of the agency, told Interfax, the Russian news agency, last August.

During the uprising in Wukan last winter, which began because of what villagers called illegal land seizures by local officials, police units surrounded the village, but backed off after Guangdong Province officials negotiated with the residents.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy during the American civil war, which began because of disagreements about slavery and states' rights.

The protests were inspired, in part, by the recent uprising in Tunisia, which began because of widespread anger over corruption and unemployment and ended with the ousting of president and strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Like last year's Brazilian uprising, which began because people were angry about the price of bus tickets, or Turkey's wave of unrest, which began with an attempt to save a park. the Ukraine's pro-EU protests have embraced a more generalized disaffection.

The authority's officials said they had adopted the restrictive new policy, which began this week, because they were concerned that giving out detailed information about terrorism fears that turned out to be unfounded -- a smudge of powdered sugar that caused an hourlong subway delay, for example -- could serve to discourage passengers from reporting suspicious things they see.

Hundreds of professional interpreters have been boycotting the privatised contract which began last February because hourly fees have been slashed and travel expenses severely reduced.

The regional office of the federal agency, which began the study because the city found high levels of mercury in the blood of New Yorkers last spring, will examine the 20 most commonly eaten fish in the region, including tuna.

One gives a nuts-and-bolts history of "Saturday Night Live," which began in 1975 because Johnny Carson wanted NBC to stop broadcasting reruns of his "Tonight" show on Saturdays.

AT&T has not advertised the service, which began about a year ago, because the company prefers to let customers discover it for themselves, said Mark Siegel, a spokesman for AT&T's consumer business.

Tells about Chuckle's dad whose right arm stretched an extra 3 feet because the book was so heavy, and an ocean liner on the Atlantic that had Book-of-the-Month-club books on it which began to sink because of the weight of the books.