Sentence examples for off acquiring from inspiring English sources

"Whereas in the past buyers would put off acquiring a big boat until they retired," Ms. Byrne said, "in the 90's that all changed.

For example, as part of an effort in 1995 to get nations without nuclear weapons to swear off acquiring them, the United States and four other nuclear powers pledged never to use such weapons against a treaty signatory -- unless they were attacked by a nonnuclear treaty member allied with a nuclear state.

He says the fee, which would be paid to an artist by the vendor each time their work is sold on to another collector, will smother art sales in "red tape" and will put dealers off acquiring the work of up-and-coming artists.

Normal is uncharted territory for a team that made its name off acquiring top-flight talent.

Lindow theorizes that "presumably the hawk is associated with the wisdom of the eagle" and that "perhaps, like Odin's ravens, it flies off acquiring and bringing back knowledge".

Climactic late kick offs acquire a life of their own.

Global 2000 Drop-Offs: Acquired or Disqualified 2009 Rank/Company/Country/Industry: No. 15/ Volkswagen /Germany/Consumer durables A complex merger in 2009 consolidated Volkswagen and its subsidiaries into Porsche (No. 524).

Excluding the write-off of acquired research and development, goodwill amortization and stock-based compensation expenses, per-share earnings increased 78%, to $0.64, exceeding the consensus estimate by $0.12.

We went big this off season acquiring what we believe is a highly talented quarterback and a very good running back.

Facebook has been remarkably hands off since acquiring Instagram, living up to its promise.

The party drives off Sephiroth, acquiring the Black Materia, but Sephiroth manipulates Cloud into giving him the Materia.