America's Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about one hundred thousand sea animals die each year as a result of the plastic waste.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

He became a free man as a result of America's Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

An estimated half million pieces of debris litter the Earth's orbit as a result of man's exploration of space.

VOA: standard.2010.07.24

"What is worrying is the fact that the decision was obviously taken as a result of Russia's insistence of scrapping the plan."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

As a result of Russia's victory, Moscow now has firm economic and political control over South Ossetia and over another Georgian separatist region,Abkhazia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

As a result of Henning's work, the state has cited CAFOs for violations hundreds of times.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

We want 'leave us alone,'" Kline said the proposal could also cost the U.S.millions of jobs as a result of health-related taxes he said most businesses cannot afford to pay.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

(Talking) "There were virtually a day and a half worth of flights that were canceled as a result of this storm, so that's a lot of people who have to be re-accomodated."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The company says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries as a result of the flaw, but news reports link the defect to several accidents in the U.S, some with fatal results.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

What we're saying is we could take a tiny slice of that, 0.05 percent,which could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help for poverty in rich countries, jobs in the U.S.,jobs in the UK, but also for poverty in Africa as a result of people dying because of the economic crisis."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

As a result,in nineteen sixty-nine, the church removed Saint Valentine's Day from its official worldwide calendar of Catholic feasts.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Critics say Jackson's success is not a result of his coaching skills as much as having superstar athletes on his teams.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

After the debate, she said that Senator Morse's actions were the result of him being "kicked in the head by a horse."

VOA: special.2010.08.08

Cheryl Richardson also points to one of the study's findings that injuries are often the result of contact with a person or a structure.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

The judge said many consider this a "lawyer's trick" to avoid the ban on the direct patenting of DNA, but the result is the same.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Autoimmune diseases result from a failure of the body's own defenses against disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Obviously there's a trickle effect out into the economy so there's a loss of jobs as a result."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Skeptics argue,however, that rising temperatures and warmer oceans are part of a natural cycle and are not convinced the changes are a result of man's pollution.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

And that's something that I would never wish on any parent." Captain Didone says the crash that took his son's life was a direct result of distracted driving.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24