Sentence examples for seeking to absorb from inspiring English sources

In seeking to absorb the existing craft unions, the KOL had reduced their autonomy and involved them in social and political disputes that did not represent the unions' own direct interests.

The effort to organize a new national airline for Switzerland passed a crucial test today when voters in Zurich agreed to invest $181 million in Crossair, the company seeking to absorb the bankrupt flag carrier Swissair.

Mr. Obama is seeking to absorb the lessons of his defeat in Pennsylvania.

This time, the Iraqi government will seek to absorb the Sunni units into the national security forces.

The private bank will seek to absorb most of the 310 employees of ING's Swiss unit, and integrate operations with its eight offices in Switzerland, Monaco and Jersey.

In truth, she stiff-armed the importunate advances of Columbia University, which had sought to absorb Barnard so that it could be reinvented as the counterpart of Columbia College.

The private bank will seek to absorb most of the 310 employees of ING's Swiss unit, and integrate operations with its eight offices in Switzerland, Monaco and Jersey in the British Channel Islands.

Put it another way, IP is aimed at explaining the way in which learners seek to absorb grammatical forms while focusing on meaning (VanPatten, cited in Nassaji and Fotos 2011).

To any immigrant seeking to assimilate, the quickest way to absorb American culture -- the sounds and sights of this new country -- is through television, movies, and music.

The first was a policy of annexation, where the British sought to forcibly absorb the Indian princely states into the provinces which constituted their Empire in India.

When you're seeking something to absorb you, as many of us are these days, there's a lot to be said for a show that repays your trust.