Sentence examples for knack of acquiring from inspiring English sources
Neville has a knack of acquiring influential acquaintances, and is also close to Dale Vince, the former New Age traveller turned eco-centric industrialist who is bankrolling Forest Green Rovers' attempt to be promoted into the Football League.
But in the art world, his collection became legend both for its range and his knack of acquiring work by artists well before wider recognition of their talent pushed up prices.
Either side of the mirror are two pictures that Williams bought at "the beginning of my earning power", having been educated, she explains, in the knack of acquiring beautiful objects by her lawyer father, who also bought her the 18th-century Iznik plate on the right-hand side of the mantelpiece.
But they can offer something the Knicks cannot: a tradition of success, a knack for acquiring and building around superstars, and a habit of staging parades in June.
Russia has created a large class of "state companies" that have an uncanny knack for acquiring assets from the private sector at knock-down prices.
Today, parents often are urged to capitalize on that early knack for acquiring language.
She also had a knack for acquiring terrible boyfriends whose bad behavior inspired her to hurt herself more, and who sometimes aided and abetted the abuse.
One picks up tips from people through life and perhaps from books, while at the same time acquiring a knack of how to cope with a bad mood or a rainy day.One discovers activities, such as music, dancing or meditation, which are conducive to happiness.
Crucially he finally appears to have acquired the knack of knowing precisely when to unleash those devastating, defence-splitting passes over 40 to 60 yards.
They are going to be very competitive in France and I will be interested to see how they go in Italy today, because they have acquired the knack of winning away.
"She could write after a glib, commonplace, sprightly fashion, and had already acquired the knack of spreading all she knew very thin, so that it might cover a vast surface.
