Sentence examples for becoming acquired from inspiring English sources

"It is not surprising that the L.S.E. is looking at different alternatives to become larger and hence avoid becoming acquired," Mr. Ghose said in a note to investors.

In fact, some companies that might have previously gone public in an effort to raise capital are now becoming acquired before ever hitting the public market.

Then again, Kander and Ebb's work has form for becoming an acquired taste: the mid-90s revamping of Cabaret was twice as successful, in terms of numbers of shows, as the acclaimed premiere 30 years earlier.

While Apple and competitors grew the market for handheld devices with these media players, mobile telephones were increasingly becoming "smartphones," acquiring more of the functions of computers, including the ability to send and receive e-mail and text messages and to access the Internet.

In the following entry, we divide these questions into three sequential stages: the ethics of procreation (creating a child), to which we devote two sections, and then becoming parents (acquiring parental rights and responsibilities), and being parents (holding and discharging parental rights and responsibilities).

It should go without saying that Theo, in becoming Turbo, has acquired automotive superpowers and is able to accelerate to racetrack speeds in his shell, without the aid of wheels or gasoline.

Yet with programming becoming harder to acquire, this was not an easy task.

While sequencing the genome is becoming increasingly efficient, acquiring phenotype information has remained largely of low throughput.

With the Liberty Head pieces becoming rarer and acquiring a premium above face value, the quarter eagle was finally struck again in 1925, principally to be given as presents.

Condom use tends to be higher when there is a perceived risk of both becoming pregnant and acquiring an STI.

Further characterization is needed to determine if the duplicated rice ZIFL genes are becoming pseudogenes or acquiring new functions.