The casualty rate is high because the early stages after a start-up are tenuous and often difficult for a small group to get through.

The figure is higher in the busy summer season because vacation travelers like to take advantage of the restricted fares.

(The bureau notes that the number of people in the business is "probably significantly higher" because many work part time.)

His numbers are so high because everyone else's are so low.

The risk of throat and mouth cancers is especially high because alcohol and tobacco both come in direct contact with those areas.

Abuses were high in these countries because "important human rights movements" there face continuing struggles with "repressive governments," the report said.

The actual number of people employed in service provision is even higher because many directorates contract out specific services.

Those expectations are justifiably high because the series's very existence is iconoclastic and daring.

The savings are so high because oxygen accounts for the majority of the mass in most rocket propellant combinations.

Costs are high because art-case instruments, whether antique or new, require special attention.