Sentence examples for unusual acquisition from inspiring English sources

Rosenbach had shown Feuchtwanger an unusual acquisition — a box containing an object said to be Napoleon's penis.

The letters are a rare and unusual acquisition for the auction house, Jan Glier Reeder, Doyle's couture specialist, explained, and the price is "the best estimated guess".

"Whilst this is an unusual acquisition for a library, it is clearly important to preserve as much as possible of the things that illustrate or influenced Larkin's creative processes".

One morning in February, Matthew Allain, the senior managing director of the Leo Group, a private wealth-management company, visited a town house on Central Park West in order to discuss an unusual acquisition.

It seemed like an unusual acquisition, on the face of it Oculus had been focussed on developing headsets that people could wear while playing video games but Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's C.E.O., suggested in a blog post that he had far broader ambitions.

It seemed like an unusual acquisition, on the face of it — Oculus had been focussed on developing headsets that people could wear while playing video games — but Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's C.E.O., suggested in a blog post that he had far broader ambitions.

This type of scrutiny is not unusual in acquisition deals.

Last week saw an unusual burst of acquisition activity among Web companies.

Regardless of the exact evolutionary scenario of ICL, the unusual, for animals, acquisition of the bifunctional ICL-MS enzyme by nematodes via HGT from a bacterial source appears undeniable.

It is quite unusual to announce any acquisition like this, let alone without financing.

The September-only acquisition is unusual, because players lose much of their value by being ineligible for the playoffs.