Sentence examples for adopting not from inspiring English sources

TECHNICALLY, Ms. Winfrey is adopting, not giving birth.

Party members were in danger of adopting not just capitalist technique but also capitalist thinking, it said.

The only reasons for adopting (not buying) an animal are for the companionship and to provide a loving home for a homeless animal.

Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, said Mr. McCain's use of automated calls in this campaign showed "just how much Senator McCain has changed since then — adopting not only President Bush's policies but his tactics".

One notices this frequently: media figures come to identify so closely with the government officials on whom they report that they start adopting not only their way of thinking, but even their lingo.

During the period of economic decline in the second half of the 17th century, the German courts and the educated class had sought to profit from the progressive developments in France by adopting not only the standards of French civilization but also its language.

Anthems are adopted, not hyped.

Ms. Menin is an adopted, not native, New Yorker.

They adopt not one or two changes in the workplace but a battery of reforms.

Yet it has been eagerly adopted not just by Republican politicians but by Chicago economists, Federal Reserve presidents, and more.

Yet both parties formally insist that an election should be held before the budget is adopted, not after.