The phrase "adopted towards" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a stance or approach taken regarding something, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The committee adopted towards a more inclusive policy." (This should be rephrased for clarity.)
Alternatives: "adopted a stance on" or "adopted an approach to".
It's a bit like the "flying fluck strategy", revealed by my colleague Patrick Wintour in 2003, to describe the attitude supporters of Tony Blair adopted towards Gordon Brown.
Strauss's biographers have been struck by the disparity between the emotional extremism of his best work and the detached professionalism he adopted towards it.
In a statement detailing the statistics, Jeh Johnson, the homeland security secretary, referred to the tough stance the government has adopted towards those who arrived since 2014 in a bid to deter more crossings.
As the business cycle resumes, perhaps with exaggerated force, the US is likely to revert to something resembling the attitude to the world that it adopted towards the end of the 19th century.
"The U.S. wants to make its Moroccan ally the second player in the strategy it has adopted towards the Arab-Muslim geopolitical space," wrote Pedro Canales in El Imparcial in Spain.
Of course, I may be guilty of downplaying evidence that doesn't fit with my previous analyses — talking my book, as they say on Wall Street — but before junking the optimistic outlook I adopted towards the end of last year and reverting to my default state as a dour Yorkshireman, I'd want to see at least another month of job figures.
But his spirit is detectable in many more, primarily through the deeply humane attitude both writers adopt towards their characters.
As one of the characters observes: "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike".
The RMT said it will be taking legal advice on the "threatening and abusive" stance the company is adopting towards union members.
The panel fell into a bitter wrangle about what was, or was not, the appropriate tone to adopt towards such a highly original English writer as Golding.
Most recently, Rwanda deliberately and bravely chose the attitude it was going to adopt towards the massacres of 20 years ago.
