Sentence examples for it would have acquired from inspiring English sources

If the ECB had intervened as eagerly as the BoE, it would have acquired sovereign debt worth the entire outstanding amount of Italian and Spanish public bonds.

There is, nonetheless, a fact about the world such that were there to be a gryphon, it would have acquired such a denomination, precisely because some actual person would have been in the relevant state of thinking about it.

It was unclear how Mr. Abdulmutallab would have acquired the explosives in Nigeria.

It is highly unlikely that the Braves would have acquired Teixeira last week at the trade deadline if Time Warner still owned them.

Under this view, during the course of evolution from rapid mating to expanded courtship, D. melanogaster would have acquired functions in its courtship circuitry that generate the relatively complex, ordered process seen today.

For the same reason, despite a history of prior blood transfusion in a considerable proportion of patients, it may not be possible to ascribe causation; not all these patients would have acquired HIV infection through blood transfusion.

It turned out the banks were thoroughly interlocked with the private utility, CEI, which would have acquired monopoly status by taking over Muny Light.

It said a deal announced in August, under which the Advisory Board, a New York investment company, would have acquired a majority stake for about $13 million, was canceled because of a lack of financing.

These people would have acquired some combination of genes that confers resistance to H.I.V.

Under the deal discussed, a person involved in the talks said, EMI would have acquired BMG Music.

Under the proposed agreement, Rosemore, the largest shareholder, would have acquired Crown for $9.50 a share.