Kilwardby explains that in first-figure mixed necessity-assertoric syllogisms the necessity premise appropriates to itself a minor which is necessary per se; no such appropriation occurs in first-figure mixed assertoric-necessity syllogisms.
Mankind appropriates about a quarter of what is known as the net primary production of the Earth (this is the plant tissue created by photosynthesis)—a lot, but hardly near the point of exhaustion.
A large-scale silkscreen by Barbara Kruger, dating from the first Gulf War, appropriates the American flag to pose questions about power, nationalism and authority.
"I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object .The magic faded a little when the oil-price rises and safety regulations of the 1970s turned most cars into drab front-wheel-drive boxes that all looked much the same.
His budget promises that discretionary spending the money that Congress appropriates on an annual basis will rise by less than the rate of inflation over the next five years.
It does not pay for the raisins it appropriates, and gives many of them away, while selling others for export.
The modern executive budget system in which the executive recommends, the legislature appropriates, and the executive oversees expenditures originated in 19th-century Britain.
The custom of the Easter lamb appropriates both the appellation used for Jesus in Scripture ("behold the lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world," John 1 29) and the lamb's role as a sacrificial animal in ancient Israel.
Just as technology feeds on fundamental science for new practical innovations, so physics appropriates the techniques and instrumentation of modern technology for advancing itself.
To make a profit, Marx argued, the capitalist appropriates this surplus value, thereby exploiting the labourer.
The council, made up of eight elected members, sets city policy, enacts ordinances, and appropriates funds for long-term city projects.
