Sentence examples for was to acquire from inspiring English sources

Finkel said his priority was to acquire a license for Tyson, then worry about the venue.

She said she thought Jones's strategy was to acquire companies in the midprice sector.

In the course of the decade, he was to acquire a reputation for invulnerability.

"Bill told me my job was to acquire good players for the coach," Bradway said.

Sather's big move was to acquire Pavel Bure, the sniper with the $10 million salary.

Under a deal announced last November, Verizon was to acquire Price Communications Wireless for $2.06 billion.

AT&T's only viable option for getting local residential networks was to acquire cable companies.

One of his early opportunistic moves was to acquire the silversmith that repairs the FA Cup.

But his biggest coup, the mayor said, was to acquire 61 vacant acres, once owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.

That supersedes an agreement under which Atec was to acquire Applied Digital's IntelleSale.com unit for $375 million in stock.

One purpose of the Bean mission was to acquire the property involved in the rise and progress of Mormonism.