How To Use Acquired In A Sentence

Once Roma were level, that incident acquired ominous overtones retrospectively.
Acquired forms of growth hormone deficiency include tumors of the pituitary, hypothalamus and optic nerve.
The mancipable (conveyable or movable) possessions of a woman who is under tutelage of [her] agnates [18] shall not be acquired rightfully by usucapion (long usage or long possession), save if these The Twelve Tables
Already well dispersed, they probably acquired iron technology around 500 C.E. On their route eastward, the Bantu speakers skirted the northern forest edge toward the interlacustrine region of East Africa. D. Africa, 500-1500
Portuguese later acquired the property and turned it into the European-style Leal Senado Building for municipal chamber and the front square for Portuguese settlers to hold festive celebrations.

While she mainly stocks silk fabric with organza, most of the designs can also be acquired in a different and cheaper fabric.
A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
Through observational learning you have acquired a great number of behaviors that you could potentially produce but never do.
That complete dependence on each other, which insures habits of confidence and forbearance, is more easily acquired while the first dream of love lasts; and tastes and tempers amalgamate better in the end when there are no witnesses to observe that they do not quite fit at first. The Semi-Attached Couple
We analyzed more than 3000 infrared thermograms acquired from 1256 admitted patients and developed a thermo-visual diagnostic method for estimating the severity of intracranial hypertension.
More critical are analogous words that have acquired easily mistakable senses, such as eventually/eventuellement (‘possibly’), actually/actuellement (‘currently’), or to attend/attendre (‘to wait’). French/english Translation: the Unusual History of the English Language « Articles « Literacy News
They also have acquired a ‘natural moral sense’ that inclines them to perform the social duties required for the species to flourish.
Data on acquired dyslexia has played an important role in the dual-route model of reading.
But if it does not recognize it until a right is acquired, then the protection of a disseisor in the use of an easement must still be explained by a reference to the facts mentioned in the Lecture referred to. The Common Law
He's now acquired the right experience. The Sun
Less than two years later, he and his partners sold their newly acquired Telluride land for $4.2 million — more than six times what federal appraisers had said it was worth. 'The Buzzard of Backcountry' Strikes It Rich in National Parks
That was one of the talents I - as Jake, never Andrew - had acquired over the two years of captivity, both in the juvie circuit and out.
Indeed, Fleet was eager to liquidate the preferred shares, because they legally precluded it from integrating those newly acquired assets.
The Securities and Exchange Commission had charged the bank with covering up for outrageous bonuses given out at Merrill Lynch as the bank acquired the failed stockbrokerage, and now it was letting the bank off the hook with a chicken-feed fine. Robert Scheer: Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag
With the help of catastrophe criterion, the anomalism criterions of the crossfeed between dam body and foundation are acquired from the real contact area or fractal dimension curve vs.
It was acquired by Rotherham Council from the Wentworth Estate in the early 1980s but has been inaccessible to the public for the past 30 years.
How many individuals in this modern day have the depth and breadth of experience and knowledge that these ancient warriors acquired through long centuries of warfare?
The job gave her the chance to apply the knowledge she had acquired at university.
Calis had literally rebuilt the old battlewagon from the ground up, using what he had in the junkyard and blueprints that he had acquired some time ago.
The site and its structures were eventually acquired by the city council with a view to renovating the ensemble to house a municipal library and archive.
I have recently acquired a taste for olives.
But perhaps it was there on the terrace of the Villa America, tossing back Bailey cocktails, that Hemingway acquired his taste for tart, unsugared drinks. He Was a Cocktail Artist
The company reportedly acquired the ability to launch the electronic countermeasure against pirates in November of last year, but held off on using it until Sunday.
Orchestral synthesizers have acquired a bad rap because of their historically dubious use as substitutes for ‘real’ instruments.
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new start.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
The thirty-five -year-old Young was a graduate of the University of Idaho, where he had been a star basketball player and acquired the nickname “Brig.” Colossus
Efficiency synchronous spectrum compression is studied. Higher compression ratio is acquired with high fidelity.
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new tart.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
The company has recently acquired new offices in central London.
His temper tantrums have acquired him the further sobriquet of ‘Kung-fu Kahn’ after he merrily throttled one opponent and bit a chunk out of another.
This glittering dust they produce differs from the components normally acquired by a disenchantment spell.
He was 17 when the Expos acquired the high school dropout off the Dominican sandlots in March 1993.
-- They lived together; and when Dr. Grant had brought on apoplexy and death, by three great institutionary dinners in one week, they still lived together; for Mary, though perfectly resolved against ever attaching herself to a younger brother again, was long in finding among the dashing representatives, or idle heir apparents, who were at the command of her beauty, and her 20_000L. any one who could satisfy the better taste she had acquired at Mansfield, whose character and manners could authorise a hope of the domestic happiness she had there learnt to estimate, or put Edmund Bertram sufficiently out of her head. Mansfield Park
The term rapidly acquired a more general usage and is sometimes used to describe any non-specific unrealistic genre scene by English 18th-century artists.
It was therefore with mixed feelings that we have acquired a new cat - a kitten really.
Stuff which is rather too much for most people, is an acquired taste which appeals to the lopsided and idiosyncratic. Times, Sunday Times
The names Temple and Templeman were acquired from residence near one of the preceptories of the Knights Templars, and Spittlehouse (Chapter The Romance of Names
The elegant gentleman before us had acquired a certain fierceness. The Filigree Ball
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new tart.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
If it becomes probable that the asset will not be acquired or constructed, capitalized costs in excess of the net realizable value of the entity's interest in the asset are charged to expense.
She has acquired a good knowledge of English.
Never before, except for a short period between 1947 and 1953, had an outspokenly anti-political movement acquired such a significant electoral success.
All of which suggests that, just as either the overripeness or the rawness of what you serve can speak to your cultivation, to your acquired level of artistry, so cruelty can exhibit your refinement. BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
Recapitulating phylogeny as ontogeny, Jakobson states that the phatic is "the first verbal function acquired by infants; they are prone to communicate before being able to send or receive informative communication" (356). 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' as an Ambient Poem; a Study of a Dialectical Image; with Some Remarks on Coleridge and Wordsworth
We looked at hospital admissions data for congenital and acquired syphilis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and ectopic pregnancy.
The right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
He got the pail of fresh blood he had acquired that afternoon from the cooler, hauled the cookpot to the front of the range, and carefully poured in the blood, mixing it with the stiff porridge. Dragon's Kin
The students have already acquired a built-up hatred towards each other and, by splitting them up, this hatred will only increase.
The coat comes with a note from the soldier about how he acquired it, and the original invoice. Times, Sunday Times
Daimler AG, the parent company of Portland-based Daimler Trucks North America, formerly known as Freightliner LLC, in May acquired an equity stake of nearly 10 percent in Tesla. Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal
He acquired his love of horses and dogs from his adoptive mother, who adored animals. Times, Sunday Times
Similarly, persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are susceptible to systemic candidal infection.
Those leaf-eating primates have foreguts where lysozyme is found and may have acquired a new digestive function.
A beard of several days darkened his face, and nearly every bit of mail, leather and armor plate that he wore seemed to have acquired some blemish or other.
And as we know very well that a lady who is skilled in dancing or singing never can perfect herself without a deal of study in private, and that the song or the minuet which is performed with so much graceful ease in the assembly-room has not been acquired without vast labour and perseverance in private; so it is with the dear creatures who are skilled in coquetting. The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
By the time Israel Zangwill's play of that name was published in 1908, the ‘melting pot’ had acquired all the burnish of an American ideal.
The young woman had acquired (right after receiving her fourth -- mandatory -- anthrax shot) a shockingly precipitous mystery disease, eventually diagnosed as a bizarrely speeded-up form of ametropic lateral sclerosis -- she lost in three months the amount of muscle function a middle aged ALS sufferer would lose in four years. Sheila Weller: In This Case, A Soldier Was Treated Beautifully at Walter Reed
Elan acquired five US businesses and spent time on bringing those companies and their separate sales forces under the one brand.
The company has recently acquired new offices in central London.
He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.
My cousins were mere cubs, in whose company I might, if I liked it, unlearn whatever decent manners, or elegant accomplishments, I had acquired, but where I could attain no information beyond what regarded worming dogs, rowelling horses, and following foxes. Rob Roy
Already he has used much of the knowledge acquired on the programme to drive changes in his workplace. Times, Sunday Times
Objective : To enhance the awareness of pulmonary complications of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS ).
Story-telling has acquired the status of an art form.
The term rapidly acquired a more general usage and is sometimes used to describe any non-specific unrealistic genre scene by English 18th-century artists.
Matthew had acquired a tank which trundled over the carpet emitting small but sharp percussive explosions accompanied by a shower of sparks.
Words and terminologies that were once accepted or unquestioned are now being changed in all languages because over a period of time these words have lost their original meaning and acquired negative connotations.
Specifically military skills were acquired by actual practice and performance under supervision.
Having no business education except that acquired from common experience and observation, and no schooling except of the most rudimentary kind, he would express himself clearly in unpolished but forcible and terse language, and would write out with his own hand a contract which, for precision and completeness, few lawyers could equal. Living in Dryden: John Southworth
The local council has recently acquired the site.
The martlet signifies nobility acquired through bravery, prowess or intelligence. On English arms it was a mark of cadency signifying the fourth son, for whom there was little doubt that there would be no land left for him to inherit.
While he was in Korea he acquired a new nickname. Times, Sunday Times
Subsequently, they were asked to write a breed standard for the Himalayan, a name the colorpoint longhair had acquired somewhere in transition between England and Canada.
He used his newly-acquired knife to remove his beard, leaving him clean-shaven.
They then acquired all the rights and obligations of French citizens, including being able to vote and to hold ministerial office. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
The phrase "coasting schools", though it has acquired a new buzz in the education debate, has a longer history than this government. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
He said the transaction had not led to any personal gain and added he had not sold any of the shares since they were acquired.
Guns are purchased from the Mexican Military, once the permit is acquired. Guns
When I returned, she was feverishly trying to change the channel to no avail, though her stairlift seemed to have acquired a life of its own.
The startups being acquired now have real technology to offer - and buyers have real needs, not just blue-sky visions.
Although from very modest circumstances, a number of students acquired needle skills and worked samplers that were the equivalent in style and expertise to those worked in the most fashionable schools in Baltimore.
Over and over again he regales the reader with proof that snakes, spiders, crocodiles and creepy-crawlies have acquired a taste for tourist blood.
The acquired company has a steel making capacity of 1m tonne, matching mills and associated infrastructure including a captive port.
Similarly, four diesel locos were also acquired for support and maintenance trains; and the coaches were acquired from 2 foot 6 inch gauge railroads in western and eastern Europe.
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: worldwide emergence. SUPERBUG
His family acquired wealth beyond their wildest dreams and a measure of power that still strangles the development of democracy in Chile.
There’s a bit of a Zen quality about him, perhaps acquired from having to defend an apostatic position. The Truth About Grief
His nose changed from the natural copper hue which it had acquired from many a comfortable cup of claret or sack, into a palish brassy tint, and his teeth chattered with apprehension at the unveiled audacity of my proposal, which seemed to place the barefaced plunderer before him in full atrocity. Rob Roy
They have been kitted out for work with awful fawn aertex shirts, grey slacks and green pullovers but they wear silk stockings and lipstick when off duty, and have rapidly acquired a reputation for being ‘fast’, which has all the young men buzzing round like wasps at a honey pot. Presumption of Death
Three hours later the woodshed had acquired a doorcase in strict neoclassical style, with pilasters, triglyphs, and a cornice, and he was looking positively pleased with himself, as he rolled off up the hill to face the music.
The result turned out to be so hard to understand that the novel acquired an aura of profundity by virtue of its sheer incomprehensibility.
Sorbs in this country usually called themselves Wends, but that term has acquired a pejorative ring in Europe today.
The tour guide helpfully tells tourists that the sculptures were brought to London for safekeeping, and acquired legitimately.
The response was overwhelming and the club acquired a reputation for a lively, hedonistic atmosphere.
The city has acquired a light rail transit system.
The coat comes with a note from the soldier about how he acquired it, and the original invoice. Times, Sunday Times
Many of those who made money left for more salubrious parts of town, taking their newly acquired wealth with them. Times, Sunday Times
Within the first year, his group of prosectors had completed summaries on more than 1000 autopsies, carefully documenting every congenital and acquired lesion and cataloging the abnormalities.
Often spouses aren't eager to relinquish their newly acquired skills of independence and self-reliance.
In pregnant women and in community acquired infections, simple antimicrobial drugs like nitrofurantoin might still be useful.
Notes: Buffalo acquired a less expensive backup goalie in Ty Conklin from Columbus. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Buffalo vs. Toronto
And that's why the term differentiation has acquired a negative connotation. The Times of India
From the historical depths of its culture and the dispersion of its bearers, it has acquired a richness and diversity rarely achieved within a single national entity, while keeping many fundamental elements that ensure its unity.
They are like sushi, maybe an acquired taste.
Some smoking and alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste and are not in born.
Can you remember where you were when you first heard of acquired immune deficiency syndrome? Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps the best amalgamation of Kahane's effectively intricate arrangements and the newly acquired electric guitar sheen occurs on "Last Dance," a melancholic portrait of a new widow, or perhaps an abandoned lover "She takes her bundle of pills, she poaches her egg and eats it/And feels his slight impression like crushed pillows hold the shape of a body after nights of sleep and shadows". Daniel J. Kushner: After Aesthetics: Gabriel Kahane's Where Are The Arms
One writer noted that it was through such events that the ‘reverence for the flag amounting almost to worship’ acquired a ‘human face or word.’
The genetic associations were latent and intertwined with acquired factors, particularly with the degree of prematurity, birth order and twinning.
The coat comes with a note from the soldier about how he acquired it, and the original invoice. Times, Sunday Times
That isn't something that is acquired with experience and with age. Times, Sunday Times
I'm no hotshot, but after four years, I've acquired a high level of skill.
The group also acquired two prestigious watering holes among a dozen pubs and hotels earlier this year.
A majority holding in Aimnet was acquired in May, and Verio completed the acquisition this fall.
Members who have not acquired or been issued with the new uniform should arrange this as soon as possible to avoid a rush on clothing stores.
Old properties in the town have acquired a scarcity value.
Madame Monconseil assures me that you are most surprisingly improved in your air, manners, and address: go on, my dear child, and never think that you are come to a sufficient degree of perfection; Nil actum reputans, si quid superesset agendum; and in those shining parts of the character of a gentleman, there is always something remaining to be acquired. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
Novellus Systems was the biggest advancer in the S&P 500, rallying 16% after the company agreed to be acquired by fellow chip-equipment maker Lam Research in an all-stock deal that values Novellus at about $3.3 billion. Blue Chips Smile on U.S. Data
Daimler AG, formerly known as Freightliner LLC, in May acquired an equity stake of nearly Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals
One of the main incentives to crystallise a loss was that the same shares could be acquired within the 14-day contango period without giving rise to any broker commission.
The company has neither improved its financial indicators, nor acquired new assets.
He acquired a lasting scientific interest in mucus, possibly augmented by digestive problems of his own.
It was back in 1977 that Sherwood acquired two sleeping carriages at a Sotheby's auction in Monte Carlo and began the process of recreating the great train.
Similarly it may be said — not as an ingenious speculation, but as a stedfast and absolute fact — that human calculation cannot limit the influence of one atom of wholesome knowledge patiently acquired, modestly possessed, and faithfully used. Speeches: Literary and Social
Home seemed an especially good idea now, and I acquired a direct heading back to PSAB.
He walked or sat with his eyes continually fixed upon these feet -- reproachfully, it seemed -- as if their disproportion were a source of perennial woe; he carried his arms looped behind him, and had acquired a peculiar stoop -- to facilitate his vigilant guardianship of his feet, apparently. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy
Each parcel has multiple property interests outstanding that must be acquired or removed to sustain redevelopment, such as freehold estates, future interests, easements, covenants, leaseholds and security interests, any one or more of which could be jointly held. The Volokh Conspiracy » More on eminent domain and the Michigan Supreme Court:
In a minor-league deal earlier Friday, the Stars acquired C Shane Endicott from the Ducks for future considerations. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Anaheim vs. Dallas
Moreover, the novel microdomain in the isoform-specific region of the holometabolous insect EcR-B1 isoform suggests that the holometabolous insect EcR-B1 acquired additional transcriptional regulation mechanisms. BioMed Central - Latest articles
At some point, we acquired 50 Remington 12-gauge brass shells that accepted large pistol primers and 11-gauge wads.
From the narrow streets of Stone Town to the barazas of N'gambo and throughout the villages this was the only topic of conversation as the island rapidly acquired the atmosphere of mourning.
In the meantime he acquired strange peculiarities of habits.
Having worked a long, long time ago in the desktop publishing business with one of the cheaper programs that was on the market at the time (Ventura Publisher long before it was acquired by Corel), that type of hyphen is put in as a conditional hyphen, not a hard hyphen. ‘Kraut-hammer.’ Very droll, Newsweek. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
Private and public wealth acquired from trade gave the citizens of Miletus an unprecedented amount of leisure.
These five paintings were from the important collection of Giampietro Campana, marchese di Cavelli, in Rome, part of which the Russians acquired in 1861 and installed in the Hermitage.
As for the main billing, a husband bases his bedside manner on the lessons acquired at a management training course. Times, Sunday Times
My newly acquired knowledge is nothing more than juicy gossip and therein lies the problem.
Compared with patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, HSC transplant recipients generally display a more fulminant onset and course.
Kids that weren't even born seem to have acquired memories of that day from their parents when they reminisce about the event.
Scottish Mutual has grown substantially since it was acquired by Abbey National in 1992.
A while ago I learned to engrave copper, and I enjoyed doing it so much I was also pleased with myself for having acquired an anachronistic and highly specialized skill that I engraved every hard surface I could find. Brian D. Cohen: Things
I have also acquired a degree of detachment over time. Times, Sunday Times
We acquired the rest or ran certain companies together with partners.
The argument concerning the destination of the nation's art treasures has, however, acquired a bitter aftertaste.
The book is an acquired taste, but on stage it revealed itself as an entertaining character comedy thanks to a set of brilliant performances led by Ward as a catty matriarch driven by self-interest.
Some alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste and are not liked at first.
She acquired a knowledge of the English by careful study.
That isn't something that is acquired with experience and with age. Times, Sunday Times
Their daily highlights given to it by B4U which had acquired the rights, were part-anchored by the toothsome Annie.
Orlando frowned, an expression which sent his recently acquired entourage of adoring fangirls into spasms of hysterical pity.
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new tart.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
Two of the works that they acquired were bought as reductions of the previously mentioned Napoleon at Fontainebleau and Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
Mr Pinault acquired an asset that subsequently produced lots of much-needed cash.
Sweden acquired West Pomerania including Stettin and the Oder Estuary, Wismar in Mecklenburg and the bishoprics of Bremen and Verdun.
The argument concerning the destination of the nation's art treasures has, however, acquired a bitter aftertaste.
The retailer has acquired a reputation for low prices and efficient service.
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The tax is levied on the net value of property and money, excluding debts, acquired through inheritance, gift or usucaption.
To be successful, a former member must have served on an influential committee and acquired expertise on controversial issues.
The Green Room's bouquet was in a vermeil bamboo-motif container acquired by Jackie Kennedy. The White House's new florist in chief is boldly creating blooms with a view
That isn't something that is acquired with experience and with age. Times, Sunday Times
Camera systems must have passed routine quality control checks with the collimation used and were photopeaked at 140 keV [+ or -] 10%. Whole-body images were acquired with a scan speed of 15 cm/min.
By the time they leave the pouches, the young sphaeromid juveniles have acquired a limited but efficient ability to hyper-osmoregulate, which increases in subsequent stages.
In that interview, with a department employee listening in, she explained that the root of the word intifada meant "shaking off," but that it had acquired other connotations because of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)
In 2008, JBS purchased Smithfield Beef for $565 million and in 2007 acquired U.S. meatpacker Swift & Co. for $225 million. JBS Hits Financing Hurdles Pursuing Sara Lee
He has now acquired a celebrity stalker. Times, Sunday Times
Formerly perhaps the motive of the perpetratorswas simplyto obtain the loot of'the money ', butfor the last couple of centuries this has selectively changed as corporations were acquired and merged, the prime motive becoming an exercise to acquire' the power 'over the rest of us. The Most Evil Corporations, Industries and Orgs
Hands trembling while holding your newly acquired gadget you dash to your car.
Most of them were taken to the west to colonize the regions freshly acquired from the Germans.
Penn National acquired the Pocono Downs in 1996, and the sale includes five off-track betting facilities and 400 acres of real estate.
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Along with any other man who lets his newly acquired wife dance with an old sweetheart four waltzes in a row.
The new settlers sometimes acquired land by fair means but more usually they did so by foul. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
They acquired joint and exclusive occupation of the flat in consideration of periodical payments and they therefore acquired a tenancy jointly.
An inequality of years so considerable, had led him to expect that the fortune he had thus acquired, would speedily be released from the burthen with which it was at present incumbered; but his expectations proved as vain as they were mercenary, and his lady was not more the dupe of his protestations than he was himself of his own purposes. Cecilia
PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) Industries acquired the vehicle refinish business of ICI and also the former Courtaulds aerospace and sealant business from Akzo Nobel.
It was there that he acquired his nickname. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
The expedition acquired the character of a vast plundering raid.
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new tart.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
[Footnote 1: "Upon my asking him how he had acquired the art of a conoscente so very suddenly, he assured me that nothing was more easy. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings
They have acquired the expertise in creating perfect conditions where the species can flourish and grow naturally.
Now, if the unknown James, Moses or Paul was to proclaim that greed is evil today in America he would likely hear his name denigrated on hate radio and hear something like "Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate, shame and discredit those who have acquired superior job skills and decision-making capabilities and who, through the application of those job. Thou Shall Covet
Once the data was acquired it needed to be processed for reporting purposes and then stored in the data warehouse for future access.
And if this disparate and ill-matched household needed a symbol to crystallize its discordancy, it received it in the shape of a bloodhound puppy, which had acquired the attractive habit of placing its paws on your shoulders while it peed on your legs. An Autobiography
Their recently acquired understanding very often prevents them from achieving a full-blown panic attack.
He was now a young Anglo-Catholic who acquired the Catholic sense of divine rights in the Church which no State can touch.
The large bluish stone which the gentleman acquired with the red stones proved to be iolite, sometimes called cordierite or water-sapphire A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
Everything was in oil paint, which soon acquired a patina. Times, Sunday Times
He probably expected me to spring from the ground with the activity which these Borderers have, by constant practice, acquired in everything relating to horsemanship; but as I stood irresolute, he extended his hand, and grasping mine, bid me place my foot on the toe of his boot, and thus raised me in a trice to the croupe of his horse. Redgauntlet
In 1986 GM acquired a controlling interest in the sports car maker Lotus.
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company is Heineken's existing tenanted pub business in the U.K. Scottish & Newcastle's larger brewing business was jointly acquired by Heineken and Denmark's Carslberg in a £7.8 billion deal in 2008, after which the two divided its assets. Heineken Expands U.K. Pub Network
A concubine was a kind of institutionalized mistress, acquired and discarded at will. WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA
The thesis using the archives of Shanghai Pawnbroking Association acquired from Shanghai Municipal Archives focuses on Shanghai Pawnbroking management and transformation in the early new China era.
Abortion may be due to pathological changes in the ovum, the uterus, or its adnexa one or both -- to the physical or nervous condition of the woman, to diseases either inherited or acquired (syphilis, tuberculosis, rheumatism); to any infectious, contagious, or inflammatory disease; to shock, injury, or accident. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Its descendants then spread throughout the continent and acquired a schistosome that became S. mansoni as we know it today.

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