Sentence examples for acquiring provisions from inspiring English sources
New York was at that time extremely tense; Patriot forces were beginning to disarm and evict Loyalists, and the British fleet anchored there was having difficulty acquiring provisions.
Captain Rogers led a scouting expedition from Fort Edward on January 15, stopping at Fort William Henry to acquire provisions, snowshoes, and additional soldiers.
In fact, these ships were the beginnings of a fleet assembled to acquire provisions in Savannah for the beleaguered British troops in Boston.
One of his objectives was to acquire provisions for his forces and those of John Butler, who was planning operations in the Susquehanna River valley.
General George Washington ordered the systematic removal of such supplies from areas easily accessible to the British, and companies of American militia and troops harassed British and German forays to acquire such provisions.
POISON PILL -- When 20percentt of PeopleSoft's shares are acquired, a provision issues millions of additional shares, making it difficult to acquire a majority.
But the plans laid out no provisions for acquiring the properties on that land and no details about how much housing might be created.
The accompanying agreement that I reviewed had all of the usual unfair provisions — the acquiring bank can levy a reserve account and change the deal any time it wishes.
The three core technologies that China is most interested in acquiring through the subsidy provision are electric motors, complex electronic controls and power storage devices, whether batteries or a fuel cell.
The process for acquiring a license for provision of the IMPs was begun in March 2008 and a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency MHRAA) inspector notified in April 2008.
