Sentence examples for acquiring the materials from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wright closed on the house in August 2008, and Mr. Blackburn took an equity loan against his own home (which he now rents out) and began acquiring the materials they needed, eventually spending $15,000 on the renovation.

Damascus started acquiring the materials and knowledge necessary to produce chemical weapons in the 1980s, reportedly with the help of the Soviet Union.

Extreme poverty remains a strong barrier that prevents resource deficit communities from acquiring the materials needed for the preparation of disaster preparedness kits.

At the news conference, Sanetti encouraged gun retailers to be proactive in acquiring the materials.

Acquiring the material on view at the Grolier, including a few items belonging to Libri, required a decade of steady Web site trolling, but not a huge investment.

Mrs. Kislak started acquiring the material around 1986, drawn to the story of Lady Hamilton's beginnings as the daughter of a provincial blacksmith; her stints as a courtesan, theater costuming assistant and pantomime dancer; and her rise through society, becoming a friend to the Queen of Naples, subject of dozens of portraits by the painter George Romney and the object of Nelson's obsession.

More than once in China, under a gloaming pall of poisonously polluted air I have watched oceans of people flood the streets and shops of Beijing or Chengdu or Guangzhou acquiring the material goods that they hope might improve their lives, and thought to myself "We're screwed.

The news broke worldwide, and that evening, a newspaper in Australia that had not bought rights, but had acquired the materials, began publishing parts of the book.

In one sentence, Mr. Bush had conveyed an ambitious, secret and continuing effort to acquire the materials for the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.

American intelligence reports indicated that the Shah also planned to build a nuclear bomb; a nuclear-weapons design team had been set up, and covert efforts were made to acquire the materials and know-how necessary to produce weapons.

In Book II of the Essay, Locke gives his positive account of how we acquire the materials of knowledge.