How To Use Adopted In A Sentence

The trend toward à la carte pricing - once the hallmark of no-frills, low-cost carriers - has in recent years been adopted by the legacy airlines, and will likely continue in 2009, as carriers try to boost what they call ancillary revenue. Latest News
This also suggests that this deity was first adopted by the tradition of the monastery of Sa-gya, [26] a hypothesis further confirmed by the reference in the founding myth to his being taken over by the holder of the Sa-gya throne So-nam-rin-chen (bsod nams rin chen). The Shugden Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I)
On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS
Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
The New Style (NS.) was adopted by Catholic countries. Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced

The scientists cannot say if the "hominin" was male or female, but adopted the name tag "X-woman" because the discovery was based on maternally inherited DNA. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
The microprocessor adopts 89C52, and serial interface has adopted RS-485, can download and debug online, and connect with other equipments.
The Front adopted an aggressive propaganda campaign against its rivals.
The former schoolteacher is already a national hero in his adopted homeland. Times, Sunday Times
In addition there were various protocols to the Treaty and declarations adopted by the Member States.
They distanced themselves from the upper class and adopted a communist ideology.
The government has adopted an aggressive posture on immigration.
Is India "constricted" because we have adopted "old standards" like HTML and Unicode? Archive 2009-07-08
The county council has introduced pool cars for business trips, and last year adopted mileage rates of 40p a mile for staff using bikes on business.
Commentary has pretty much adopted him as their science guy, and he has published a steady stream of flapdoodle in their pages over the last decade.
Imposition of hands was a ceremony used especially in paternal blessings; Jacob used it when he blessed and adopted the sons of Joseph, Gen. xlviii. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
The measure of core column is adopted to superhigh column, in order to making up the ductility of aseismic performance.
The following year the ‘Marseillaise’ was adopted as the national anthem, and the 14 July as a national fête, to join the tricolor as the national flag.
While the Magnum definitely brought the real deal in terms of power and increased utility over a traditional sedan, some were not sold on the style of the vehicle which adopted Dodge's characteristic "crosshair" inspired front grille that permeates the entire lineup. Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility
My first desire was to learn the language of my adopted country as soon as possible. Times, Sunday Times
A five-day week has found an immediate welcome and much popularity since it was officially adopted across the country.
The second generation of immigrants often adopted British forenames.
Then the committee takes a vote and the amendment is adopted, 12-11, with the 11 “no” votes all coming from the Green Team. Matthew Yglesias » Strange Tales of Congressional Procedure
Since divorcing their drummer last year, the trio adopted samplers and beatboxes and has been steadily gaining a reputation as one of the best live acts in town, albeit with one of the shortest sets.
He practiced for weeks," said Scott Lechert, 50, an instructional designer, who along with his partner, Paul Kelly, 55, a physical therapist, adopted Dru from a Romanian orphanage in Sweetness & Light
She adopted an elaborate disguise to help her pass through the town unrecognized.
A toothed rack was commonly adopted for the automatic screw thread rotational unloading.
For this reason a number of states have adopted no-fault systems for settling personal injury claims arising from auto accidents.
It's comparable to the strategy adopted by writers like him in using untranslated native words in literature written in English.
Sampling techniques were adopted from statisticians working in the fields of biology and botany.
I called Hania, an animal rights activist who had helped me after I adopted Shaitan. Day of Honey
One part of our task is to draw attention to implicit, underlying assumptions which inform the theoretical stances adopted.
They adopted a synergetic approach, assimilating native deities with gods or goddesses from their own pantheon.
The present pose of horror adopted by media and government officials with regard to revelations of torture by the military is a sordid farce.
Another of Mia's children, 14-year-old Moses, repeated allegations that Allen had sexually abused his seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan.
According to laser radar echo characteristic, the difference filter and the match filter were adopted. As a result, the SNR is advanced about 1.5 times.
When the first mode is adopted, the person whose meaning is misrepresented, thinks that an opinion, not his own, has been calumniously attributed to him. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1
The President has adopted a tough stance on terrorism.
Even in the atonal phase, before he adopted serialism, he presented obstacles for his listeners.
Mugabe, speaking on the second day of the OAU summit, emphasised that the pillars of the AEC were the African regional integration bodies specified in the Abuja Treaty adopted in June ANC Daily News Briefing
Adopted children and their biological parents may suffer stress long after the adoption. 4.
Most likely he would have adopted this course in the end, had his will and his self-regard been stronger; but neither, it seems, was proof against the blandishments of the match-making perruquier. Story-Lives of Great Musicians
A great many (not all) liberals adopted embryonic stem cells as a cause for the same reason that they have embraced Global Warming: because they like the policy implications and automatically oppose the Bush Administration, the “neocons” and the “Religious Right”, not because they are willing to follow science whithersoever it leadeth. Stromata Blog:
But next day when the cobbler ventured to criticise the legs, the painter came forth from his hiding-place and recommended the cobbler to stick to the shoes -- advice which in the words of the Latin version of the story also has been adopted as a proverb, _Ne sutor ultra crepidam_ ( "Let not the shoemaker overstep his last"). Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young
Probably more significant is the fact that Brown was one of the many neutral names adopted by clansmen who wanted to be rid of their politically incorrect Gaelic patronymics.
In practice, this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted.
From this he adopted the name Plantagenet, and the kings who descended from him and ruled England for more than three hundred years are called the Plantagenets. Famous Men of the Middle Ages
To remove a conviction so generally adopted, Quentin easily saw was impossible — nay, that any attempt to undeceive men so obstinately prepossessed in their belief, would be attended with personal risk, which, in this case, he saw little use of incurring. Quentin Durward
This revival of ancient architecture and interior styles was also readily adopted by America. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings
At the age of 15 he entered the noviciate of the Capuchin Friars in Morcone, where on January 22, 1903 he adopted the clothing of Saint Francis and was called Padre Pio.
A VUV soft ionization source was adopted in the mass spectrometer, which can avoid the formation of fragment ions and analyze volatile organic compounds in ambient air without pre-separation.
If we consider the complex character of our people, the variety of races which we have adopted into the Canadian family, the extent of territory over which they are scattered, the diversity of their interests, the difference of languages and resulting handicap in intercommunication, we have cause to marvel that the Canadian nation in so brief a period has become so united as it is. Some Canadian Problems
From the outset a policy was adopted which aimed at eliminating unnecessary jargon and the mystique normally associated with computers.
Clinton consistently supported women's right to abortion at a time when Bush adopted an anti-abortion stance.
It will be observed that this hymn provided syllables only for the six tones of the _hexachord_ then recognized; when the octave scale was adopted (early in the sixteenth century) the initial letters of the last line (s and i) were combined into a syllable for the seventh tone. Music Notation and Terminology
It is all typical of the dismissive attitude adopted by those at the Executive who seem to think that an airy-fairy, and probably timorous, arts lobby will go away if told that everything will be all right.
Priors, but to increase their distinction the word signori, or lords, was soon afterward adopted. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy
Mineral process of hematite in the early time often adopted gravity separation, and it mainly included jig, centrifugal separator, spiral chute, spiral concentrator, shaking table and so on.
Ninety-seven percent of those qualified to vote did so and a new democratic constitution was adopted by unanimous vote.
If there are good internal literary reasons why the author of Mark might have invented this story as the conclusion of his work, then the community that was the presumptive audience for the gospel simply may not have perceived the embarrassment that arose later, as other communities adopted and literalized the narrative invented in Mark. Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity
Mazda 6 passenger car adopted the advanced automotive technology, and its emission reached Euro 3 standard.
Expect the form to be widely adopted, since its sponsors include the VHA Health Foundation, which counts major hospitals among its members.
He led Israel out of the bloc of unaligned nations and adopted a pro-Western orientation.
The right time to consider what kind of contact natural parents are to have to children being adopted is on the occasion adoption is under consideration.
At last realizing the futility of superior "kinetics" — roughly speaking, putting a lot of metal in the air — American forces belatedly adopted a counterinsurgency strategy. The Surprising Lessons of Vietnam
The 13th CGPM (1967) adopted the name kelvin (symbol K) instead of "degree Kelvin" (symbol °K) and defined the unit of thermodynamic temperature as follows: Kelvin
Having adopted the drape-against-wall style for my bumf-hanging activities, I find that it allows one to tear the paper off one-handedly and very neatly.
The French adventurers, however, seem always to have restricted the word "boucanier" to its proper signification, that of a hunter and curer of meat; and when they developed into corsairs, by a curious contrast they adopted an English name and called themselves "filibustiers," which is merely the French sailor's way of pronouncing the English word "freebooter." [ The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a halt to hostilities.
A witty wigmaker adopted the sign of Absolom hanging to a tree, with King David lamenting at a distance, who was represented with a label issuing from his mouth, containing these words -- Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life
She had a friend who was abandoned at birth, a foundling, and she began to realise that abandoned children were in a far worse position than adopted ones.
Eutectic composition should be adopted for high - Cr white cast iron used under high - stress impact abrasion condition.
Booth Recoding multiplier is adopted to further improve the hardware implementation efficiency.
Federal departments in France, Germany, China, and even the US have adopted Linux servers.
Until recently English courts have generally adopted the standard of accepted medical practice.
The current ensign wasn't adopted as a fully fledged flag until 1981, when the Queen visited and personally gave her assent.
California has adopted a tough stance on the issue.
In its desire to make more of its collection available to the museumgoer, the Met has adopted a department-store aesthetic in the way it has arranged its American holdings. Nicolaus Mills: American Renaissance At The Met
Later mythologizers would try to legitimize the family's regal pretensions by claiming descent from the Banquo of Shakespeare's "Macbeth"—which was nonsense, as Mr. Massie explains: The name "Stewart," as it was rendered before Mary Stuart adopted the French spelling, indicated the family's original status, as stewards of the royal revenues. Servants To Masters
My then-cohabitant adopted her, and when he moved out, she stayed behind. April 22nd, 2009
Method: We adopted germfree caesarean section and artificial suckling to make CV New Zealand Laboratorial rabbit biology-cleansing and cultivate SPF New Zealand Laboratorial rabbit.
They then champion and defend the positions they have adopted. Times, Sunday Times
In addition, contractors working on the site were likely to damage an unadopted road.
Of course, I suppose if the baby is lucky enough to be white, and the mother is motherly enough and/or unmotherly enough to be willing to place it for adoption, it might be adopted.
We have adopted Mr. Stevens as our candidate at the next election.
When the previous inflammation round the ulcer is considerable, however, the application of the caustic would induce vesication, and it should in such a case of course be avoided, and another mode of treatment to be described hereafter must be adopted. An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers
The council has adopted a 12-month strategy aimed at sprucing up the city's streets.
CNN is seeking to establish itself as a non-ideological purveyor of pure news, while Fox News Channel has adopted a broadcast style that clearly hews to the right.
When indisposition, therefore, confined her to the limits of her own apartment, our heroine adopted the same mode of conduct observed at the Hermitage, during Mrs. Bertram’s illness: — she sung, she read, she assisted Mrs. Ross in any piece of fine needle-work which happened to be in hands at the time; and, in short, endeavoured to soften the painful or tedious moments of distress by every possible means best calculated for the purpose. Stella of the North, or the Foundling of the Ship
Her wardrobe for the fall-spring season also changed and she adopted a bold, saucy and fashion forward style.
The method he adopted in teaching them was rather that of a University professor than such as usually is used in a pensionnat.
News that a new company or celebrity has adopted Twitter is now daily fare, and with people offering up $250,000 for as-yet-unavailable "spotlighted" accounts, you could say that the micro-blogging service has reached its mainstream tipping point. PaidContent
Instead the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession. Paul Helmke: U.S. House Acts Like City Council To Pass Dangerous Gun Lobby Bill
Latin verb gustare, "to taste;" but Medlar pleaded custom in behalf of C, observing, that, by the Doctor's rule, we ought to change pudding into budding, because it is derived from the French word boudin; and in that case why not retain the original orthography and pronunciation of all the foreign words we have adopted, by which means our language would become a dissonant jargon without standard or propriety? The Adventures of Roderick Random
Nowadays domestic automobile company mostly adopted regulated power supply, when electric vehicle is carried developing and testing experiment.
To reduce the likelihood of whiplash injuries during rear impacts, a new front seat design has been adopted.
She comes to the rescue when her friend brings in her adopted daughter with a rash. The Sun
Proposition 22, which defined marriage to be between a man and a woman and adopted by California voters on March 7, 2000 with 61.4% in favor, was hijacked along with the California Legislative Branch by the Tyrannical Justices of the California Supreme Court which legislated from the bench in direct violation of the California Constitution and managed to null the will of the people and declare Proposition 22 unconstitutional. California becomes second U.S. state to legalize gay marriage : Law is Cool
Settling down has been the Turks' secret to asserting their dominion. Traditionally a nomadic people, they have at last adopted a system of centralised rule to form the Seljuk Empire.
Adopted from Native American tradition, the drum beats represent the slap of the female coho's tail as she scrapes out a shallow gravel nest called a redd. The Seattle Times
In response, three states have adopted public financing systems to reduce the public's impression of bias in their states' elected judiciaries: New Mexico, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Doug Kendall: Will the Supreme Court Prevent Citizens United From Being Fixed?
German scholars have adopted the doctrine that Marsyas belonged to that mythological group which they designate as "Schlauch-silen" or, as we would say in English, "Wineskin-bearing Silenuses. Satyricon
If the conservatory legally stands and you continue to feel that moving house isn't a viable option, alternative tactics could be adopted.
The government adopted a ‘dollarization’ plan in March that will result in the replacement of sucres with dollars.
The UN adopted a more interventionist approach in the region.
British rockeries were originally adopted by the 18th-century landscape garden movement. Times, Sunday Times
Hanna married Skeffington and the couple adopted the double surname of Sheehy-Skeffington.
Palaeopathological and comparative studies show that health deteriorated in populations that adopted cereal agriculture, returning to pre-agricultural levels only in modern times.
Elham leaned forward with his shoulders slightly hunched, an attitude he often adopted in court. A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
While copying guild models, friendly societies also adopted elements of the secret freemasonry movement, specifically rites, rituals and codes of conduct.
The President has adopted a tough stance on terrorism.
For many years, David Harris has been like an adopted son around our home and has presided at the piano on many occasions for us.
Public hearing participation was clearly limited by the timetable and invitation list adopted by city staff.
The device of a court of five judges was adopted to add weight to the reconsideration of the earlier cases.
Yet when it comes to how they should view their adopted country, the message is one of almost unremitting hostility. Times, Sunday Times
The Lukhanji town council has adopted new rules of order to regulate the conduct of its council and committee meetings.
Citizenship was granted to all allottees and to others who adopted the ‘habits of civilized life.’
About 4,939 Russian children are legally adopted by foreigners each year, but 184,000 still languish in orphanages.
Both countries already have adopted laws that allow their nationals to sue the United States if affected by Helms-Burton.
In the following years, the written languages of Bai, Bouyei, Dong, Hani, Naxi, Lisu, Lahu, Va, Zaiwa, Miao, and Xibei were also readopted.
An alternative unit for expressing blood pressures, which has not been widely adopted in clinical practice, is the SI unit, the pascal or kilopascal One kPa is approximately 7.5 mm Hg.
Mr Ivory, who had a good many years before made himself favourably known as a mathematician, especially by his acquaintance with Laplace's peculiar analysis, had adopted (as not unfrequently happens) some singular hydrostatical theories. Autobiography
He has a real chip on his shoulder about being adopted.
It has also adopted a "planetary management" perspective calling for action in areas deemed especially important to the future of the planet. Sociology
It may be argued that the degree of disturbance of these areas is a barometer of the success or failure of the policies adopted here for the past five decades.
Several governments have adopted tough new anti-terrorist legislation in the wake of the attacks.
The Psoriasis Disability Index adopted to measure the HRQoL of the subjects.
Florence was a frequent visitor ... and had many of her ideas adopted in Parliament through the devotion of her brother-in-law.
The consular _triumviri_, not perhaps quite independent of external influences, were originally adopted as a temporary expedient. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
Many other US states have adopted or are considering even more extreme measures.
A major problem with the approach adopted is that there is not enough detail to allow you to actually perform the analysis.
It pays tribute to his achievements and records his untimely death in a skiing accident in his adopted home in the Swiss Alps at the age of 36.
Carolina said agroforestry, which is relatively new for Venezuela, has been adopted because the greater part of Barquisimeto city's water supply comes from wells in this part of the River Turbio valley. Venezuela's agrarian reform: Agroforestry to improve Barquisimeto water supplies
He notes that in developing countries the rates are rising too and in particular among the affluent who have adopted westernised lifestyles.
In "A Genetic Study of Male Sexual Orientation," a study that has now achieved almost as much renown as LeVay's, the Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and Boston University's Richard Pillard compared fifty-six "monozygotic" twins (identical twins, from the same zygote, or fertilized egg), fifty-four "dizygotic" (fraternal) twins, and fifty-seven genetically unrelated adopted brothers. Homosexuality and Biology
Wimbledon doubled the number of seeded players this year to 32 men and 32 women, a change adopted by all four Grand Slam tournaments to protect star players from tough early match-ups.
This is the most natural and the most accurate measure of time for the navigator at sea and the unit of time adopted by the mariner is the apparent solar day. Lectures in Navigation
Yuki Cross, adopted daughter of the headmaster, is a Guardian, assigned to keep the groups separate, although she’s in love with Kaname, President of the Night Class and her past rescuer. Vampire Manga: Vampire Knight, Bloody Kiss » Manga Worth Reading
The same course he adopted with those that held Hispalis, who at first, pretending to be willing, had accepted a garrison from him, but later massacred the soldiers that had come there, and entered upon a course of warfare. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C.
Only two judges have been turned out of office since Wyoming adopted this method of judicial selection nearly twenty years ago.
The opinion that the name Jahveh was adopted by the Jews from the Chanaanites, has been defended … but has been rejected … It is antecedently improbable that Jahveh, the irreconcilable enemy of the Chanaanites, should be originally a Chanaanite god … Jhvh is the enemy of god and man
Numerous policy papers were adopted, which had some progressive sections in them.
Its board had been largely Africanized, and it adopted the view expressed by Mr Sijaona.
These suppressed words are but a requisite of the style that has been adopted in the apodosis.
In winter one sometimes finds a flock that has adopted a field of springing green corn to feed in. Times, Sunday Times
The lines of supporting buoys have been adopted by cormorants, gulls, guillemots, eider ducks, oystercatchers and even the odd heron.
Link analysis and 'clickthrough' measurement are certain other factors that are "off the page" and yet crucial in the ranking mechanism adopted by some leading search engines. TopTut.com - Top Tutorials
Morren, as previously remarked, gave the name "Solenaidie" to tubular deformities affecting the stamens, a term which has not been generally adopted; the deformity in question is by no means of uncommon occurrence in some double or partially pelorised flowers, as _Antirrhinum_, Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The unlawful means adopted may be considerably more remote than interference in the contractual relationship between B and his servants.
In this paper, the method of Lagrangean indetermined multipliers is adopted to transfer a stationaryvalued Problem with constraint condition(s) into another one without constrain condition.
In fact, it seems even worse if contextualism about the meaning of theoretical terms is adopted. Structural Realism
Western method of keeping Easter on the Sunday after the fourteenth day of the moon should be adopted throughout the Church, believing no doubt that this mode fitted in better with the historical facts and wishing to give a lasting proof that the Jewish Passover was not, as the Quartodeciman heretics believed, an ordinance of Christianity. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
Spreading through the plantation system, Protestant Christianity was adopted and adapted by African-American slaves and freedmen and most of their descendants.
The system adopted by banks should be robust, scalable and upgradable, he added.
To learn a classifier, a semisupervised Bayesian approach is adopted. An EM algorithm is derived to compute maximum likelihood estimate. Experimental results demonstrate appropriate accuracy.
The council adopted a policy of merging schools where the position of headteacher at one falls vacant.
It has adopted a kind of frame store method that utilize SRAM chip to solve the collection of video signal.
If the EU Council adopted the legislative proposal of May 18th, it would do so without democratic legitimacy.
That was the motto adopted for the celebrations of the century.
In these papers, where he was largely concerned with general philosophical problems of time and space, he adopted a quixotic standpoint in his attempt to refute the theory as being logically untenable.
The perjured evidence was not procured or knowingly adopted by Orion, nor was it given by someone who was part of the company's directing mind and will.
To the problem of parametercoupling of alternator and controlled object, a FUZZY - PID control algorithm is adopted.
A five-day week has found an immediate welcome and much popularity since it was officially adopted across the country.
Since the existing potential danger of currently adopted loop distribution network in railway station and yard, the paper raises some improving measures for it with referencing to practical operation.
In time, the press and public came to view the petty ruses and gambits regularly employed by a host of Wall Street speculators as despised tools of fraud and monopoly when adopted by Gould.
He adopted a relaxed pose for the camera.
Resolution 44/115 on chemical weapons was adopted without a vote.
Anthrone colorimetry method was adopted to determine the content of carbohydrate components.
Consequently based on the assumption of constant area of surface, the development of panel skin surface which adopted geometric modeling Method was researched in the article.
Busways have been adopted across the world as a cheap alternative to rail or tram networks. Times, Sunday Times
With just a little instruction both adopted good prone and sitting positions and began to easily pop steel targets 70 yards downrange.
The fixed length format, data echoplex, data sum and dual redundancy checking was adopted in data transmission to avoid the communication errors.
The company has adopted a firm policy on shoplifting.
For adopted children that quest may include tracing their natural or birth parents.
There, He washed you with his own precious blood, clotured you with the spotless robe of innocence, adorned you with the gifts of grace, and adopted you as his own child. The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus
My mother certainly dreamed of something similar and openly fantasised about which one of the children she could have adopted in order to make room for nine feet of MFI'd speckled faux-granite laminate and four tall stools, on which she could perch breakfasting on peach Ski yoghurt, drinking Mellow Bird's with Carnation evaporated milk and being, in a lot of ways like Heather Locklear from Dynasty, but living in Currock, Carlisle. How Britain fell in love with breakfast
Quite clearly the conception of the company explicitly adopted by the legal model is the contractual one.
Both have brought new ideas to the game and become household names in their adopted country, not least thanks to instantly recognisable voices rarely off the airwaves. Times, Sunday Times
Guisante (Corrupted Latin: Arabo-Romance Spanish Dialect Mozarabic, adopted by Castillian dialect) _Pisum sativum_ (Modern day binomial scientific name of the English pea or Green pea) "Rooted" in the same time frame we had: cicer, cicero (Latin) Translation for peas & greenbeans (nfm)
In present research on fracture dynamic problems, Laplace or integral transformation was generally used, and numerical methods had to be adopted to solve the loop integral.
At adolescence, adopted children have the normal crop of teenage problems.
So early as 1768 Benjamin Franklin had published his Scheme for a New Alphabet and a Reformed Mode of Spelling, with Remarks and Examples Concerning the Same, and an Enquiry into its Uses and induced a Philadelphia typefounder to cut type for it, but this scheme was too extravagant to be adopted anywhere, or to have any appreciable influence upon spelling. Chapter 8. American Spelling. 2. The Influence of Webster
The theatrical techniques adopted by the troupe caught the audience by surprise.
In protest, some believers adopted a way of life known as monasticism.
About 1500, composers adopted the practice of paired imitation and through imitation, the repetition of short melodic passages in two voices or in all parts.
Thereafter, formal rituals of exorcism were adopted by the Church throughout the medieval centuries.
In order to obviate the performance of quarantine on our return, I took an officer of the establishment, and a couple of men, with me, who in the Levant are called Guardiani; but here the German word Ueber-reiter, or over-rider, was adopted. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.
Boundary singular kernel method is adopted to modify EFG shape function to impose essential boundary conditions directly.
But you are willing to use the label pacifism, and are willing to trace your whole life to the moment in which you adopted that word as what you were going to to be about and doing. Oral History Interview with Igal Roodenko, April 11, 1974. Interview B-0010. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
The President has adopted a tough stance on terrorism.
A study of identical and fraternal twins separated at birth and adopted into different families showed the same heritability.
The word "homeostatic," adopted in cybernetics for feedback systems in general, originated in 1920s human physiology to name self-regulation of body fluids, digestion, and metabolism. [ Minding the Brain
In a remarkably short space of time the hyenas and pariah dogs had adopted the habit of scavengering around all the camps and snifting along the track, after the trains, for stray scraps. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan
He was adopted by his uncle and that's about the extent of his personal life that is common knowledge.
She says she understands why adopted children are given the information to trace their natural parents
Although 55 cats for which she cared have been adopted in the last 16 months, not every cat the soft-hearted Alcorn takes in is adoptable.
He has adopted an informal register so as not to alienate his audience.
An adoption official has spoken about the moment when Angelina Jolie adopted an Ethiopian girl made an orphan by AIDS.
Which explains the Scottish accent that he adopted? Times, Sunday Times
The assembly adopted a resolution approving the scheme.

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