Yet, on the other hand, we must also reject as an "unattainable vocation" the "hoped-for full acquisition of holiness of will".
And in 2004 HSBC became the envy of rival banks when it acquired a 19.9% stake in Bank of Communications, the smallest of China's national banks and the only one that, by law, allowed for the possibility of full acquisition.
The firm acquired a majority stake in regional player Lazada last year, it is negotiating the terms for a full acquisition and recently announced plans for a regional cross-bordering logistics hub in Malaysia.
PPL's $6.4 billion offer for E.ON's British business beat a rival bid from Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man.Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation announced that it would spin off the news operations of British Sky Broadcasting, paving the way for its full acquisition of the satellite broadcaster (it already owns 39%).
A majority may be on the cards; but Old Mutual may have to settle for less than a full acquisition.
Each run began and ended with an extra 12 s silent trial in order to account for heterogeneity in the magnetic field at the beginning of scanning runs and to provide a full acquisition period for the final stimulus train in a block.
The instrument was used in positive-ion ESI mode for full spectra acquisition between m/ z 150 and 650.
The first scan event, acquired by the FTMS, was used for full scan MS acquisition from 300 2000 m/ z.
The monitor incorporates solenoid, self-priming micropumps for propulsion, solenoid-operated switching valves for controlling the fluidics and a miniature CCD spectrometer for full spectrum (200 1000 nm) acquisition and operates in a graphical programming environment.
Activation time constants of K+ currents were determined by monoexponential fits to the current traces for 2 ms. For full details of data acquisition and analysis, see ref. 19.
