The phrase "acquisition aside" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a particular acquisition or purchase is not the main focus of the discussion or argument being presented.
Example: "Acquisition aside, we need to focus on improving our customer service to retain existing clients."
Alternatives: "setting acquisition aside" or "discounting the acquisition".
That ill-timed acquisition aside, Mr. Hands's surprisingly candid assessment of the private equity industry is worth sharing.
The deal made sense, too: As with BHP Billiton, Rios assets (Alcan acquisition aside) are high quality, long-lived and low cost.
There's still no word on exactly how much Apple paid in the acquisition aside from the vague "400 to 500 million" price tag mentioned last week, and 9to5mac's sources mention that Anobit's executive team haven't yet been formally introduced to Apple employees.
Overseas acquisitions aside, Reliance, which has a market cap of $44 billion, needs billions of dollars for its domestic ventures.
Failed acquisitions aside, AOL wants its videos to reach the broadest audience.
Acquisitions aside, Cook also explained his views on how best to return cash to stakeholders in the company.
While Discovery has not made a major acquisition in the UK, aside from a relatively small investment to takeover Betty, the independent producer that makes shows including The Undateables, Zaslav is not afraid to make big bets when the opportunity presents itself.
Aside from acquisition of secondary mutations, alternative receptor tyrosine kinase signaling can lead to acquired resistance to EGFR TKIs.
Comparison to L. pneumophila, a phylogenetic relative, revealed that C. burnetii rarely encodes any known Fe acquisition or storage proteins, aside from some Fe dependent pathways, as well as the heme biosynthesis pathway and proteins such as SodB.
None of the proceeds were set aside for acquisitions.
The tax revenues are set aside for acquisitions of watersheds and open space.
