Sentence examples for a point of acquiring from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, emerging nations wishing to assert their growing wealth and prestige have made a point of acquiring aircraft carriers.

But Chris Adams, who was sacked as director of cricket in June after almost five years of trying and failing to build a Championship-winning team, made a point of acquiring experience from elsewhere.

"The whole point of acquiring a good reputation is to deplete it for gain," Frank Partnoy, a professor of finance at the University of San Diego Law School and a former investment banker at Morgan Stanley, told The Times.

"The whole point of acquiring a good reputation is to deplete it for gain," said Frank Partnoy, a professor of finance at the University of San Diego Law School and a former investment banker at Morgan Stanley.

MTN are rumoured to be on the point of acquiring a major sponsor and Mark Cavendish for next season and they came to the fore late on after Sky had kept the peloton within reach of the day's five-rider escape – which included OnePro's Peter Williams who now leads both the sprints and mountains competitions – until the serious business got under way five miles before the finish.

So, for zooists to say that we can understand animals "body language" – to the point of acquiring sexual consent from them – is absurd.

Considering the rapid effects of BH3 mimetics on MOMP induction coupled with it often being a point-of-no-return, acquired resistance to BH3 mimetics is perhaps difficult to envision.

Just one week after Zomato raised a round valuing it at more than $1 billion and acquired a point-of-sale startup, the India-based restaurant services company has made another acquisition.

And she's going to do it from a point of view of having acquired the story you intended to tell.

While market value is often considered solely in the context of the collector's mind-set, many artists have a point of view about who acquires their work and why.

A veteran of three previous home renovations, Ms. Brown made a point of incorporating salvaged materials acquired for little or no money into the cabin, like free doors from an old house nearby and a $10 marble countertop in the kitchen from the shower of an old school.