Sentence examples for an appropriation of the practices from inspiring English sources

Some commenters suggested that the photo seems to reflect an appropriation of the practices of Islamic militants, who routinely post gruesome photos and videos of their hostages and victims.

And this is an appropriation of the Christian term.

Moore obtained the approval of Treasury Secretary Louis McLane and an appropriation of $7,000 for the purpose.

In 1834, political upheaval brought an appropriation of all missions by the Mexican government.

There appeared to be an appropriation of traditional beliefs regarding blood in the contemporary context.

The Dies Comm. received an appropriation of $25,000.

In the February federal budget, it received an appropriation of $300 million to support research and develop new technology.

She went on, "It's an appropriation of intellectual property.

The teaching and learning of argumentation are based on premises that are consistent with the wider literature in science education, namely in framing science learning in terms of the appropriation of community practices that provide the structure, motivation and modes of communication required to sustain scientific discourse (Kelly & Chen 1999; Lemke 1990).

Alternatively, we could interpret students' later preference for placing mutation on arrows as an indication of a better appropriation of the concept and of biological language.

The tendency to convert an unknown experience into an artistic echo of safe cultural practices was a corollary of colonialism and in itself a kind of appropriation of the territory.