Sentence examples for able to appropriate from inspiring English sources

Von Bechtolsheim's plans hinged on being able to appropriate the space.

The 44 states that participate in Mega Millions are then able to appropriate that money for a variety of purposes.

Firms are able to appropriate only a fraction of the knowledge they produce, which then spills over into the system.

Neither of these characters are African-American, but many hip-hop gangsta figures have been able to appropriate their imagery and make it specific to their own circumstances.

In the "Arab spring" it was street protesters, and not the regime, who were able to appropriate the symbols and language of national revival.

Racism is rarely about the reality of the other; the Reclaim protestors, without irony or self-reflection, were able to appropriate the Indigenous flag in their cry to reclaim Australia.

Unlike Plot 2, in this case, the I/C model was able to chose appropriate nearest neighbor trees to capture the mortality dynamics.

You will then be able to take appropriate action.

States are better able to develop appropriate standards than a one size fits all".

Bjørnskov (2010) explains that this is because often local elites are able to simply appropriate aid funds.

Nurses need to be informed about the patient's pain to be able to take appropriate measures to alleviate pain.