Sentence examples for were to adopt from inspiring English sources

Imagine, as a thought experiment, that all the states were to adopt this "reform" at once.

Many dot-com companies are as quick to copy miserable layoff methods as they were to adopt successful software stratagems.

Even if federal regulators were to adopt a harder line with consultants, they would most likely face legal limitations.

If aspiring countries from Eastern Europe were to adopt the euro, then the ECB's target would be even less sensible.

To that end, we were to adopt a kind of Jamaican bella figura – to show our best face to the world.

It estimates that if just 1% of the LGBT population were to adopt or foster, there would no longer be any children waiting for a new home.

He said that some of the problems could be resolved if Congress were to adopt a provision that exempted the program from that law.

If all were to adopt similar agreements, millions of uninsured Americans could seek hospital care for illnesses and injuries that now go untreated.

If we were to adopt a more critical view, we could ask whether unconscious bias is contributing to the pattern of representation.

If we were to adopt this model, and give up our ability to influence the laws of the EU, we would suffer a significant loss of sovereignty.

If the E.P.A. were to adopt the California standard, there would be one national standard and no "confusing patchwork" of individual state rules.