Sentence examples for attempting to acquire the from inspiring English sources
And the British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is attempting to acquire the biotechnology company Human Genome Sciences for $2.6 billion.
Lloyd Webber spent seven years attempting to acquire the rights of the film, which stars Jack Black, in order to make a stage version.
In other words, many observers believe that Iran is hedging its bets; attempting to acquire the wherewithal to be capable of manufacturing nuclear weapons but without actually crossing the threshold - at least not until some perceived security imperative prompts a political decision to do so.
A consortium which includes ENRC's three billionaire founders – Alexander Machkevitch, Alijan Ibragimov and Patokh Chodiev – along with the Kazakh government is attempting to acquire the 46% of ENRC it does not already own after the group's share price dropped by 70% over the past two years because of a string of scandals and the fraud probe.
The results suggest that agents benefit from spending more time attempting to acquire the "rarer" resource, as might be expected if the benefits of the rare resource are more difficult to obtain.
Third, the number of food and sleep sites impacted sleep patterns, with agents spending more time attempting to acquire the "rarer" resource, while an increase in both resource types tended to favor sleep.
Mr. Smulyan has twice attempted to acquire the company.
Like the 2008 deal in which Finish Line attempted to acquire the much larger Genesco, this also ended badly.
Ever the innovator, Kap would attract headlines in 1978 when fronting a "business syndicate" that attempted to acquire the Argentine World Cup star Ricky Villa.
Finally, incoming chief executive Mark Cutifani is likely to pick some low-hanging fruit opportunities to create value at Anglo, and there is a possibility that the merged Glenstrata attempts to acquire the company at some point.
"Since the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, the department has attempted to acquire the vehicles it needs through a number of procurement projects.However, none of the principal armoured vehicles it requires have yet been delivered, despite the department spending £1.1bn since 1998, including £321m wasted on cancelled or suspended projects".
