In general, on Dretske's view, an organism can be said to represent P just in case that organism contains a subsystem whose function it is to enter state A only if P holds, and that subsystem is in state A. To have beliefs, Dretske suggests, is to have an integrated manifold of such representational systems, acquired in part through associative learning, poised to guide behavior.
Publishing executives say that presidential memoirs, acquired in part for prestige, seldom earn enough in royalties to cover their advances, though publishers can still eke out a profit even after writing off some of the advance.
The Jets acquired Favre in part to invigorate an offense that had been moribund last year, no matter who the quarterback was.
But to admirers, like the cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, Troup's "deep tax expertise" – acquired in part from years at the City law firm Simmons & Simmons advising offshore tax havens and other clients – qualifies him perfectly to lead HMRC through a "phase of change and amid unprecedented public interest in taxation".
"Earthy femininity" is an apt and oft-used description for Gardner's screen persona, a quality acquired in part during her rural upbringing.
But charges against him were dropped in 2008 when prosecutors at Guantánamo acknowledged that evidence against him had been acquired, in part, during the interrogation of another detainee that involved use of the simulated-drowning technique known as waterboarding.
My-ers!" Myers, whom the Rays had acquired, in part, for Shields and Davis, had made a costly mistake Friday, letting a pop fly by Ortiz drop in for a ground-rule double.
What Stackhouse, 17, ended up with was a country club membership and an influential network of supporters, both acquired in part through the efforts of Boston, 72, who said he recognized in her the drive and potential of Wilma Rudolph and Althea Gibson, star athletes of his era.
One airline, for example, might acquire another in part to gain access to an important hub or local market.
But these weapons are being acquired in large part to counter Israel's.
