Sentence examples for when they adopted from inspiring English sources

Even western governments were denounced when they adopted industrial policies to choose "winners" and "losers".

He dismissed the widespread criticism that officials should have predicted the fiasco when they adopted the new format as hindsight.

In a 1996 speech, Scalia said, "I don't care if the framers of the Constitution had some secret meaning in mind when they adopted its words.

Without much doubt, snakes developed from some types of early lizards but lost their legs when they adopted habits of burrowing in the ground.

A congressman could take credit for an agency's action when it was convenient and blame the agencies when they adopted policies that his constituents disliked.

He said that many proteins caused disease when they adopted an abnormal shape and formed toxic fibrils that created havoc in the brain or body.

I hope outsiders will take this into consideration when they adopt a spelling for the tribal name.

Clay Shirky pointed out that the "revolution doesn't happen when people adopt new tools, it happens when they adopt new behaviors".

The 27-nation European Union has been grappling with what to do about member countries when they adopt policies that seem to undermine the union's basic principles.

"These proposals are intended to ease the burdens that foreign companies may face" when they adopt international standards, William H. Donaldson, the S.E.C. chairman said.

"A lot of these agencies have comparable tendencies — particularly when they have a dual mission, or when they adopt a dual mission, and begin to identify with the industry they're regulating".