Sentence examples for sort of acquisition from inspiring English sources

But the 2011 takeover was the sort of acquisition that tarred private equity firms in the public mind as corporate raiders out to make a fast dollar.

"With around 40 employees at Mojang, this is the sort of acquisition which can easily get lost in a huge organisation like Microsoft, and this factor is probably the main threat to longer term success".

Mr. Son said he was not surprised by the arrival of Mr. Ergen, who has publicly amassed a cash hoard that many assumed would finance some sort of acquisition.

The idea, akin to the one that spawned Britain's doomed South Sea Company in the 18th century, was to float a shell company and raise capital from investors to make some sort of acquisition in the future.

It will entail some sort of acquisition".

Though rumors of its interest in the American firm have been around for some time, analysts suggested that Deutsche Telekom needed to make some sort of acquisition in the United States, though perhaps on a smaller scale.

In 2001 and beyond -- with most Wall Street firms feeling the pressure from a slowdown in trading and new stock offerings -- the survivors are expected to concentrate more on honing their strengths than on bulking up through the sort of acquisitions that transfixed Wall Street this year.

DealBook » Huawei Would Be Open to Buying Nokia  |  Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei's consumer business group, told The Financial Times: "We are considering these sorts of acquisitions; maybe the combination has some synergies but depends on the willingness of Nokia.

In contrast, advocates of libertarian distributive principles rarely see the market as a means to some desired pattern, since the principle(s) they advocate do not ostensibly propose a 'pattern' at all, but instead describe the sorts of acquisitions or exchanges which are just in their own right.

For the most part, that strategy has become a sort of Rules of Acquisition for today's startups.

But we've always got to be wary of Sky's dominant position in the pay TV market so any sort of decision and acquisition needs to be looked at carefully.