Two years later Enel purchased Acciona's stake, thereby taking full control of Endesa.
Real religion, according to the Bhagavad-gita, is that process which aims to please God, thereby taking the practitioner closer to him.
If rumour is to be heeded, Tiger Woods will appear at this event, thereby taking a large chunk of attention elsewhere.
Robbie Keane did his manager a favour by scoring his first goal for Celtic, thereby taking the spotlight away from the beleaguered Tony Mowbray.
When the Giants won the toss, Fassel elected to defend the east goal, thereby taking the wind down on the field.
Each recipient would pledge to repay the borrowed amount after a timely recovery and return to self-sufficiency, thereby taking responsibility for both his neighbors and himself.
Netflix typically buys the film and TV show DVDs that it rents to customers through wholesale venues, thereby taking advantage of volume discounts.
Vision Capital, based in London, specialises in buying entire portfolios of companies previously owned by private-equity firms, thereby taking over the assets of a zombie fund.
Buttonwood says that America intentionally put itself at the centre of the Bretton Woods regime, thereby taking on some responsibility for global monetary stability.
By doing this, Intel hopes to sell more components, thereby taking a larger cut of the selling price of each PC.
Metaphor is a poet's spell, her magic; more than any other feature of poetry, it transforms reality — unless, as here, it's already a part of reality, swarming, and thereby taking the place of, the "surfaces of things".
