Sentence examples for obtain provisions from inspiring English sources

When the ramshackle ship Victoria made landfall at the Cape Verde islands after almost three years' absence from lands accustomed to Western timekeeping [6], he noted: On Wednesday, 9th July [1522], we … sent the boat ashore to obtain provisions … And we charged our men [that] they should ask what day it was.

The 1856 Willie Handcart Company was unable to obtain provisions at Fort Laramie, contributing to their subsequent tragedy when they ran out of food while encountering blizzard conditions along the Sweetwater River.

Farmers worldwide regularly plant trees to obtain provisioning and other ecosystem services.

He did however successfully obtain provision to the church of Kinkell in the diocese of Aberdeen, and the prebend of Inverkeithny in the diocese of Moray with its associated canonry in Elgin Cathedral.

In Argentina 'the right to health' was used by various community groups to obtain the provision of a vaccination against haemorrhagic fever.

Animal Care certificates and permits were obtained under provisions of the Wildlife Act from the BC Ministry of Environment.

This lack of a stable source of funding had made it difficult for the Continental Army both to obtain its necessary provisions and to pay its soldiers.

If time permits, consultation with an otolaryngologist should be obtained for provision of a surgical airway.

TPG invested $88 million, buying shares directly from founder Garrett Camp and obtaining a provision that allowed the firm to get additional shares if Uber's valuation ever fell below $2.75 billion, says a person familiar with the deal.

24 Maternal consent was obtained by provision of information and opt-out.

In a three-hour hearing, the judge, Roger Vinson of Federal District Court, said the law's requirement that most Americans obtain insurance, a provision that takes effect in 2014, would constitute "a giant expansion" of the court's traditional application of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.