Sentence examples for the act of procuring from inspiring English sources
It felt bizarre that a total stranger's sexual climax in a Toronto-area office (possibly years ago) could be part of the happy, smiling kid we one day hope to raise and that the act of procuring that life-giving stuff could be so astonishingly anti-climactic for me.
This was my first experience of cottaging – in the States they call it the "tearoom trade" – the act of procuring or having sex in a public toilet.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child's Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography defines the practice as "the act of obtaining, procuring or offering the services of a child or inducing a child to perform sexual acts for any form of compensation or reward".
Managers at the facilities level complained about the difficulties encountered when using the Public Procurement Act (Act 663, 2003) in the process of procuring essential commodities for maternal health.
The process of procuring a boat is clearer.
Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister, was arrested last autumn on the suspicion of procuring secret Home Office documents.
Hamid, conversely, seems to be in the business of procuring dangerous weapons for crazy radical terrorists.
After that, there's the matter of procuring the cannabis itself.
In the calculus of procuring remunerative contracts, retired generals and admirals are a valuable commodity.
Patient/family costs included the costs of procuring abortions, out-of-pocket costs, transportation, and upkeep while procuring abortions and seeking treatment for complications, and self-medication.
