This apparently minor event has acquired increasing significance in recent weeks. |
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Some think dark chocolate is an acquired taste, but those who like it have a true passion for it. |
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The scandal drove the company from the street business, but Chubby acquired a truck of his own. |
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They acquired the tools to accomplish the deed, including a stun gun and the chemical means to anesthetize their victims. |
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The studio also acquired the remake rights to the documentary The Bengali Detective. |
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While agate could likely be acquired much more cheaply, aristocratic Romans were serious about their agate. |
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Similarly, foreign genetic material may be acquired at this locus by illegitimate recombination during genome concatemerisation. |
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I know some who consentingly have acquired both profit and advancement from cuckoldom, of which the bare name only affrights so many people. |
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I looked for a set of casual dishes that would go with the other dishes I had acquired for a while. |
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There are some languages in which the ergative is not acquired as quickly or as easily as described above. |
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Barium oesophagogram made a diagnosis of acquired esophagobronchial fistula communicating between oesophagus and bronchus. |
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Twelve foreshot and twelve backshot records at varying offsets were acquired for each geophone setup to achieve 24 fold duplicity. |
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This achievement can be acquired in multiple places in the world, both free roam mode and in story mode. |
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Aethelbald of Mercia, looking to defend recently acquired lands, had built Wat's Dyke. |
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Between 1357 and 1371 a book of supposed travels compiled by John Mandeville acquired extraordinary popularity. |
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Manchester acquired the nickname Cottonopolis during the early 19th century owing to its sprawl of textile factories. |
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These works, which included the famed Rosetta Stone, were the first important group of large sculptures to be acquired by the Museum. |
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He acquired a total of 38 ships including the Great Michael, at that time, the largest ship in Europe. |
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He is studying the way that language is acquired by children. |
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Since most adults do not share this director's unquenchable optimism, even his best movies tend to be an acquired taste. |
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Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. |
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Thirty transverse slices aligned along the anterior commisure-posterior commisure line were acquired. |
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It is usually acquired when the contents of the oyster come in contact with a cut skin lesion, as when shucking an oyster. |
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The endosymbiotic green algae may have been acquired through myzocytosis rather than phagocytosis. |
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By 1898 they had acquired mining and forestry concessions near the Yalu and Tumen rivers, causing the Japanese much anxiety. |
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These companies acquired overseas possessions that later became Dutch colonies. |
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Oakleaf was then acquired by the Ferriby Heritage Trust in 2008, and it is now kept at Ferriby. |
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Different sections of titles acquired individual names which revealed something about their provenances. |
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Upon the extinction of the Counts of Flanders with the death of Louis II in 1384, Flanders was acquired by the Burgundian, Duke Philip the Bold. |
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If the traffic is visually acquired, pilots are instructed to maintain visual separation from the traffic. |
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Among all major migrant groups from outside the EU, a majority of the permanent residents have acquired Belgian nationality. |
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New housing estates were established in the acquired areas, including Moulsecoomb, Bevendean, Coldean and Whitehawk. |
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During the older periods of Greek, loanwords into Greek acquired Greek inflections, thus leaving only a foreign root word. |
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The initial objective of Ptolemy's reign was to establish firm and broad boundaries to his newly acquired kingdom. |
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He acquired Kellie Castle from the 5th Lord Oliphant in 1613 and was given the barony of Kellie. |
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During the Cretaceous the Caribbean acquired the shape close to that seen today. |
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This remanent magnetization, or remanence, can be acquired in more than one way. |
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The new territories acquired from Britain, France, and Mexico were the subject of major political compromises. |
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They had acquired only limited immunities to lowland diseases in their previous homes. |
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The extent of the estate has varied as various holdings have been sold and acquired over the years, both within Cornwall and in other counties. |
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Politically he was the king's spokesman, supporting union with Norway, a platform that acquired him enemies among the chiefs. |
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With this acquisition Adidas also acquired the Taylormade Golf company and Maxfli, which allowed them to compete with Nike Golf. |
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Porte also acquired permission to modify and experiment with the Curtiss aircraft. |
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With the help of condemned bomb shells filled with gunpowder acquired from the Ordnance Board he blasted his way into parts of the wreck. |
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The Marine Service Group was acquired by MacKay Marine but many of the employees left the group at transition. |
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Soon after he acquired the acoustic guitar, Hendrix formed his first band, the Velvetones. |
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Edward Carter, who acquired it under the will of his father, also named Edward. |
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In 2013 Lonely Planet acquired Budget Travel to expand its international magazine presence for the US market and launch a US edition. |
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Sark could be considered the most successful island, their population of 600 having acquired 20 medals by 2015, one for every 30 people. |
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In January 1931 Flight magazine revealed that Whitehall Securities Corporation Limited acquired a substantial holding in Saunders Roe. |
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In 1986, Southern Vectis acquired Newport Bus Station as part of deregulation. |
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In 1914 eighteen former Metropolitan Railway carriages were acquired, enabling scrapping of many of the earliest vehicles. |
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It was acquired from the North London Railway in December 1897 although it did not arrive until the following year. |
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The gradually acquired political connotations are newer and, to a large extent, due to oscillating political circumstances. |
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The endowment effect was found to occur as soon as the item is acquired but also to increase over time. |
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A study found that couples who have more items that were jointly acquired and more favorite items among them had higher quality relationships. |
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The year after his ascension, Majorian stripped the Burgundians of the lands they had acquired two years earlier. |
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The Visigoths had acquired and cultivated the apparatus of the Roman state but not the ability to make it operate to their advantage. |
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The second, who was the sister of King Vocion of Noricum, he acquired in an arranged political marriage. |
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Legally, it was closed to patricians, a status that Augustus had acquired some years earlier when adopted by Julius Caesar. |
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Ned acquired the rudiments of orthography, geometry, piscatology, a phrase or two of French, and a profound loathing for the Classics. |
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Some of the riches were probably acquired through the control of mining districts and the production of iron. |
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In 1169, Novgorod acquired its own archbishop, named Ilya, a sign of further increased importance and political independence. |
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The word Viking was introduced into Modern English during the 18th century, at which point it frequently acquired romanticized heroic overtones. |
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The Alamanni are described by Asinius Quadratus as originally a conglomerate of various tribes which acquired a common identity over time. |
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Roger II had not only acquired large wealth through his royal patrimony but also through his military campaigns and their financial rewards. |
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The growing independence acquired by some coastal cities gave them a leading role in this development. |
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During the treasure voyages, the crew acquired and collected a large amount of navigational data. |
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Venice and Genoa acquired vast naval empires in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, some of which threatened those of the growing Ottoman Empire. |
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Three copies of another abridged manuscript were acquired by the Swiss traveller Johann Burckhardt and bequeathed to the University of Cambridge. |
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By aid of translations into many other languages, the work acquired extraordinary popularity. |
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The head mistresses of the bordellos in the North Hamlet of the capital Chang'an acquired large amounts of wealth and power. |
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The plans for the naval defense of Lisbon would also include the use of torpedo boats and submarines, that are later also acquired. |
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Freedom for these plantation slaves was also often acquired through escape. |
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A small number of eunuchs were also acquired by the slave traders in the southern parts of Ethiopia. |
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Cadamosto acquired the details of that expedition from Sintra's clerk upon its return. |
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It was acquired in 1987 by the Spanish government and is currently deposited at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville. |
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Among the fiefs destined for the duke of Gandia were Cerveteri and Anguillara, lately acquired by Virginio Orsini, head of that powerful house. |
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It was decided that the Cardinal of Spain would hold an enquiry into the tenure of estates and rents acquired during Henry IV's reign. |
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A more plausible explanation is that the map was surreptitiously acquired shortly after it was made for some nobleman or official client. |
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With this monetary wealth, the family acquired political power initially in Florence, and later in the wider spheres of Italy and Europe. |
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At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Italy created a modern port in Massawa for their newly acquired colony of Eritrea. |
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A few Spaniards acquired prime agricultural lands left vacant by the indigenous demographic disaster. |
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The role of the Nahua wife acquired through an alliance would have been to assist her husband achieve his military and diplomatic objectives. |
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Land acquired from these conquests was to be held by the three cities together. |
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The indigenous peoples had no acquired immunity to diseases which had been chronic in Eurasian populations for centuries. |
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Meanwhile, the name of El Dorado came to be used metaphorically of any place where wealth could be rapidly acquired. |
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As these were new to the natives, they had no acquired immunity and suffered very high rates of death. |
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As Canada acquired political authority and autonomy from the United Kingdom, the federal government began using simply Canada on state documents. |
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Settlement patterns at Point Reyes were forever changed when the Shafters acquired it. |
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Chancellor, a native of Bristol, acquired geographical and maritime proficiency from the explorer Sebastian Cabot and the geographer John Dee. |
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With the coming of war in 1793, the need to eliminate scurvy acquired a new urgency. |
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By the 13th and 14th centuries, merchant guilds had acquired sufficient resources to erect guild halls in many major market towns. |
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It was acquired from the makers of the film's armour, Weta Workshop, when the museum hosted an exhibition of WETA armour from their films. |
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The intertribal Musket Wars lasted 1807 to 1843 when large numbers of slaves were captured by northern tribes who had acquired muskets. |
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Additionally Freedom for these plantation slaves was also often acquired through eventual emancipation, escape, and ransom. |
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The building acquired its current name when the Medici duke's residence was moved across the Arno to the Palazzo Pitti. |
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This bourgeoisie family has acquired an established historical and cultural heritage over the decades. |
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The haute bourgeoisie is a social rank in the bourgeoisie that can only be acquired through time. |
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Webster acquired his perspective on language from such theorists as Maupertuis, Michaelis, and Herder. |
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Use of neologisms may also be related to aphasia acquired after brain damage resulting from a stroke or head injury. |
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Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity. |
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Nevertheless, poor whites who had or acquired the means to emigrate often did so. |
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Luther was the most widely read author of his generation, and within Germany he acquired the status of a prophet. |
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In this way, after a few years, he acquired most of the modern languages of Europe. |
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As the church moved from the shadows of privacy into the public forum it acquired land for churches, burials and clergy. |
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A Lord Keeper who acquired a peerage dignity would subsequently be appointed Lord Chancellor. |
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The British have always assumed that no law prevailed on the island of Singapore when it was acquired. |
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This type of ownership applies to most property acquired by each spouse during the course of the marriage. |
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It generally does not apply to property acquired prior to the marriage or to property acquired by gift or inheritance during the marriage. |
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Property acquired before marriage is separate and belongs to the spouse who acquired it. |
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This was the first real political foothold with territorial implications that the British acquired in India. |
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Even the economic elite were reluctant to support Somoza, as he had acquired monopolies in industries that were key to rebuilding the nation. |
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They had a dual nature and acquired civil duties such as the administering the Poor Law. |
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They also acquired 42 existing British vessels with a view to using them in the fishing zone. |
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According to Harvard academic Shoshana Zuboff a new genus of capitalism, surveillance capitalism monetizes data acquired through surveillance. |
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By the late 19th century, Northampton had acquired a reputation for political radicalism. |
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The architect James Smith of Whitehill acquired the rights to use Savery's engine in Scotland. |
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Maudslay acquired such a good reputation that Joseph Bramah called for his services on the recommendation of one of his employees. |
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Having acquired his bleachfield, Charles turned his mind and energy to developing ways to shorten the time required in bleaching. |
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Several oil companies and electricity producers acquired coal companies or leased Federal coal reserves in the west of the United States. |
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Manchester Liners acquired control of the company in 1974, to ensure the availability of facilities for the repair of its fleet of ships. |
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He acquired a mastery of his trade with his own method of calculating costs and materials, which he could never successfully explain to others. |
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Singular to say the earliest distinction he acquired in life was as a poet. |
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Steel finally acquired National Steel's assets in 2003 after National Steel went bankrupt. |
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Steel had acquired Marathon Oil on January 7, 1982, as well as Texas Oil and Gas several years later. |
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In 2002, GE acquired the windpower assets of Enron during its bankruptcy proceedings. |
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In October 2010, General Electric acquired gas engines manufacture Dresser Inc. |
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In the United States and Canada, Bayer's assets and trademarks were acquired by Sterling Drug, a predecessor of Sterling Winthrop. |
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Along with the purchase of Cutter, Bayer acquired Cutter's Factor VIII business. |
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Also in 2002, Bayer AG acquired the Dutch seed company Nunhems, which at the time was one of the world's top five seed companies. |
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The Bodleian acquired the papers in 2004, and they belong now to the Abinger Collection. |
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During the 13th century, agricultural land around the town was acquired by Fountains and Furness Abbeys. |
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It finally closed in 1880 when Manchester Corporation acquired the land for the Thirlmere reservoir. |
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The only tarn in the valley is Brothers Water, one of the first places in the Lakes to be acquired by the National Trust. |
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However, when the strategy failed, the corporate breweries invested in microbreweries or, in many cases, acquired them outright. |
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Two of her opening lines, The boy stood on the burning deck and The stately homes of England, have acquired classic status. |
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Nicholson's personal collection of published poetry was acquired by the John Rylands Library, Manchester, from his family. |
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Bertram's letters to Stukeley were acquired by John Britton and studied by Joseph Hunter. |
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They acquired the waterways in 1895, but failed to raise sufficient capital for the major improvements they had planned. |
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Traffic ceased about 1795 and the navigation was acquired by the owners of the competing Derby Canal. |
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In 2009 CCTV was installed at the station, but it has acquired a reputation for being one of the country's worst stations. |
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The adjacent Holmefield Estate was acquired in 1919, followed by Thornes House in 1924, making a large park to the south west of the city. |
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On 10 November 2011, the firm was acquired by the American consultant, CH2M Hill. |
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It appeared in Scottish Romanticist literature, and acquired the more general or figurative sense of portent or omen. |
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Books were acquired by collectors including Sir William Cecil, William, Lord Paget, John Dee and Archbishop Matthew Parker. |
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Soon she acquired a cult following after appearing in a string of low-budget Roger Corman schlockers. |
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So far, baijiu seems to be an acquired taste for Westerners. |
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An acquired taste, certainly, but once acquired never regretted. |
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Horse is an acquired taste that, as yet, I haven't acquired. |
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The stockpiles have been acquired over the years for reasons of their criticality and strategicness in relation to the national defense. |
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The Turks had acquired the culture of power of Persia and implemented its political and administrative traditions in the subcontinent. |
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And we must not leave out tomomania, that delightful complex, usually acquired by ladies who just love to be operated on by surgeons. |
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It acquired an official status in the Achaemenid Empire as a religious holiday of Zoroastrianism. |
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Occasional, acquired cutaneous polyps, with the typical gross features of acrochordons, may demonstrate a marked degree of cytologic atypia. |
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Kate's hair has anthropomorphically acquired its own iconic personality. |
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A marketing communications company, Allegra Cincinnati acquired Village Print and Web in Montgomery for an undisclosed sum. |
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It was at this time that Rob Roy acquired an interest by purchase, wadset, or otherwise, to the property of Craig Royston already mentioned. |
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By exploiting connections with the Staffordshire iron trade, Mr Webster acquired local mills and began bar iron and wire manufacture. |
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Hypertherm, the Hanover-based manufacturer of advanced cutting systems, has acquired a Minnesota-based maker of waterjet cutting products. |
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Additional products acquired expand Kemin's ruminant portfolio as well as enhance its acidifier portfolio. |
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It was the first to analyze employment issues for Los Angeles residents living with HIV and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, officials said. |
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Revision of the case definition of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome for national reporting-United Stares. |
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Oesophageal symptoms, their causes, treatment, and prognosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. |
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Meningitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a returned traveler with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. |
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Pilkington, which has its European distribution centre at Redditch, has acquired GIMA, which supplies the after-market in those countries. |
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When Stegmaier, another Wilkes-Barre brewery, left the business in 1974, The Lion acquired their brands. |
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Unfortunately, the witch ball she acquired at the end of the last installment has shown up at the cheerleaders' fundraiser. |
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The team's general manager acquired five new players for the upcoming season. |
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Both Benedict Biscop and Ceolfrith had acquired books from the Continent, and in Bede's day the monastery was a renowned centre of learning. |
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This region subsequently acquired the name Saxony through political circumstances, though it was initially called the March of Meissen. |
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Still others acquired Aristotle's name through similarities in doctrine or content, such as the De Plantis, possibly by Nicolaus of Damascus. |
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Neolithic pastoralists who controlled large herds gradually acquired more livestock, and this made economic inequalities more pronounced. |
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Stonehenge has changed ownership several times since King Henry VIII acquired Amesbury Abbey and its surrounding lands. |
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Ultimately, all of Carthage's North African and Iberian territories were acquired by Rome. |
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Not all of the Normans who accompanied William in the initial conquest acquired large amounts of land in England. |
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In Richard's absence, Philip II overran large portions of Normandy and John acquired control of Richard's English lands. |
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Through such episodes as the deception of Derby at Gloucester, Edward acquired a reputation as untrustworthy. |
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It acquired its nickname after being sung in Paris by volunteers from Marseille marching on the capital. |
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In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added. |
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While there, he soon acquired a taste for Havana cigars, which he would smoke for the rest of his life. |
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In 1534, Henry VIII acquired York Place from Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a powerful minister who had lost the King's favour. |
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The word acquired the sense of 'elevated rolling grassland' around the fourteenth century. |
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Some nationalizations take place when a government seizes property acquired illegally. |
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By the time the business was acquired by GKN, the plant was supplying wheels to many UK manufacturers. |
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In 1974, GKN acquired Kirkstall Forge Engineering, a manufacturer of truck axles in Leeds. |
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In 1994 it acquired the helicopter manufacturing business of Westland Aircraft. |
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In 2011 GKN Aerospace Engineering services division was acquired by QuestGlobal. |
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The Sun was acquired in October 1969 from International Publishing Corporation. |
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In 2015 GKN acquired Dutch aerospace company Fokker Technologies, headquartered in Papendrecht, the Netherlands. |
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Through the Royal Society Babbage acquired the friendship of the engineer Marc Brunel. |
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Roebuck went bankrupt, and Matthew Boulton, who owned the Soho Manufactory works near Birmingham, acquired his patent rights. |
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Many of these vehicles were acquired by enthusiasts for preservation, and numerous examples are still in existence. |
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Natural rubber originates from the latex of the rubber tree, which is acquired by tapping into the bark layers of the rubber tree. |
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The United States Secret Service acquired two in 2010 for transporting dignitaries needing special protection. |
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In 1993 Scottish Citylink, Eurolines and East Midlands Airport were acquired. |
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In February 1997 Taybus Public Transport was acquired and rebranded Travel Dundee. |
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In April 2007 National Express acquired Continental Auto, the second largest bus and coach operator in Spain. |
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In 1984 T Cowie plc acquired the Hanger Group, which included Interleasing, a large vehicle leasing business. |
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Further leasing companies acquired were Marley Leasing, RoyScot Drive and Ringway Leasing. |
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In late 2011 Arriva acquired Grand Central Railway and sold its Arriva Scotland West bus operation. |
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In 2007 Arriva acquired Veolia Denmark, then Denmark's second largest bus operator with 640 buses. |
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It recently acquired most of Limburg on December 2016 both bus and train systems. |
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In September 1999 Metrobus, a large operator operating in London, Surrey and Sussex was acquired. |
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In June 1996 a second London bus operation, London General was acquired from the management team that had purchased it when privatised. |
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Even the famed Ffestiniog Railway acquired a Baldwin locomotive to shore up the fleet working the Welsh Highland Railway which it now owned. |
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For example, linguist Eric Lenneberg used second language to mean a language consciously acquired or used by its speaker after puberty. |
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Imperial acquired Wye College in 2000, which is set in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. |
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King's acquired a lease for the Aldwych Quarter with initial term of 50 years. |
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Clayton managed the farms he had acquired and succeeded in improving both the land and the livestock. |
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Stunt shots were filmed in October 2012 after footage acquired during the main filming period was found to have errors. |
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His own house in Tokyo was an early landmark of Japanese modernism, combining traditional style with ideas he acquired working with Le Corbusier. |
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Everything the plebeian possessed or acquired legally belonged to the gens. |
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Calvinism does not seem to have struck with Hilliard, but the fluent French he acquired abroad was later useful. |
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Macbeth realises that these are all Banquo's descendants having acquired kingship in numerous countries. |
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When Lord Grey was recalled to England, Spenser stayed on in Ireland, having acquired other official posts and lands in the Munster Plantation. |
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Raleigh acquired other nearby Munster estates confiscated in the Second Desmond Rebellion. |
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Some time between 1587 and 1589, Spenser acquired his main estate at Kilcolman, near Doneraile in North Cork. |
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He acquired a motorcycle and took trips through the surrounding countryside. |
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The Greenway Estate in Devon, acquired by the couple as a summer residence in 1938, is now in the care of the National Trust. |
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It is possible that the rhyme was acquired from one of these sources and then adapted to fit the most famous bridge in England. |
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In English the term acquired currency only in the 1940s, in the writings of Bukofzer and Paul Henry Lang. |
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He acquired a practical knowledge of the capabilities of these different instruments. |
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In March 2007 CapCo also acquired the shops located under the Royal Opera House. |
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In 1946, Warner Brothers acquired a substantial interest in ABPC, appointed a new board and decided to rebuild the stages. |
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When Sir Alexander Korda purchased British Lion Films, he also acquired a controlling interest in Sound City and Shepperton Studios. |
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From 1929 it was acquired by theatre producer Basil Dean, who founded Associated Talking Pictures Ltd. |
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When I look at a digitally acquired and projected image, it looks inferior against an original negative anamorphic print or an IMAX one. |
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On the death of Frederick Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon in 1923, the estate was acquired by his cousin Clare George Vyner. |
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In 1816 these masterpieces of western art, were acquired by The British Museum by Act of Parliament and deposited in the museum thereafter. |
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In 1762, George III acquired Buckingham House and it was enlarged over the next 75 years. |
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It now has a commercial rival called TalkSport, but this has not acquired anywhere near as many exclusive contracts as Sky Sports. |
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In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football ground. |
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Most of the horses are imported from South Africa but some are also acquired from Australia, the United Kingdom and France. |
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In 2000, Renault acquired a controlling stake of the South Korean Samsung Group's automotive division. |
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The company recently introduced a new microdisplay panel, using technology it acquired from Displaytech. |
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Once the boat is acquired it is not all that expensive an endeavor, often much less expensive than a normal vacation on land. |
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Danes have distinguished themselves as jazz musicians, and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has acquired an international reputation. |
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It acquired iconic status following its use as a setting on The World of Suzie Wong. |
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The islands acquired commercial and political interests in the North American colonies. |
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The cancellation or annulment of an adoption order does not cause loss of British citizenship acquired by that adoption. |
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Where such a person acquired a right of abode in the UK before 1983, it is possible for British citizenship to have been acquired. |
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In May 2013, Sky acquired the rights to all Northern Ireland qualifying games for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. |
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In 2015, BBC Northern Ireland acquired the rights to show Northern Ireland's friendlies before UEFA Euro 2016 live. |
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These acquired powers significantly diminished unitary power in these empires. |
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His opponents acquired a vocal leader in the Prince of Wales who was estranged from his father, the King. |
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Spain acquired Britain's Florida colonies and the island of Minorca, but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar. |
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Several major institutions either failed, were acquired under duress, or were subject to government takeover. |
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Despite the interruption to English rule, the island's legal status is that of a colony acquired by settlement. |
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Newtel was acquired by Wave Telecom in 2010 which in turn was acquired by JT, owned by Jersey Telecom, providing broadband and mobile services. |
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To Barber, Diego Garcia and other acquired islands would play a key role in maintaining US dominance. |
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Starr acquired a patent for his incandescent light bulb involving the use of carbon filaments. |
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In 1879, the Bell company acquired Edison's patents for the carbon microphone from Western Union. |
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Many ships were acquired on nationalisation, and others were built for operation by British Railways or its later subsidiary, Sealink. |
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Of the six that have been ordered, four will be leased and two will be fully acquired by British Airways. |
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Under John Browne, British Petroleum acquired other oil companies, transforming BP into the third largest oil company in the world. |
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In 1970 Shell acquired the mining company Billiton, which it subsequently sold in 1994 and now forms part of BHP Billiton. |
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Under Ottoman rule, the Greek Orthodox Church acquired substantial power as an autonomous millet. |
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The growing wealth and independence acquired by some coastal cities gave the Maritime Republics a leading role in the European scene. |
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As a young man, he acquired many fashionable and aristocratic friends, and developed a taste for country house society. |
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Hugh MacDiarmid sat for sculptor Alan Thornhill and a bronze was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery. |
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Conrad spoke both his native Polish language and the French language fluently from childhood and only acquired English in his twenties. |
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Moon acquired a reputation of destroying hotel rooms while on tour, with a particular interest in blowing up toilets. |
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Red House was acquired by the National Trust in 2003 and is open to the public. |
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It was acquired by the University of London in 1904 and was renamed Goldsmiths' College. |
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In May 2009, ITV acquired the rights to broadcast live cricket from the Indian Premier League. |
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In October 2008 Klagenfurt University acquired the copyrights from the estate. |
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Moore resigned the chair in philosophy in 1939, Wittgenstein was elected, and acquired British citizenship soon afterwards. |
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A penalty is issued if the citizen does not have the acquired ID card on them or if the citizen refuses to show proof of identification. |
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The Liechtensteins acquired land, predominantly in Moravia, Lower Austria, Silesia, and Styria. |
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He acquired Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, thus spreading the Bohemian territory to the Adriatic Sea. |
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Ottokar's son Wenceslaus II acquired the Polish crown in 1300 for himself and the Hungarian crown for his son. |
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Highland and border society acquired a reputation for lawless activity, particularly the feud. |
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The king acquired a total of 38 ships for the Royal Scottish Navy, including the Margaret, and the carrack Michael or Great Michael. |
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While David consolidated his hold on his own and his son's newly acquired lands, he also sought to expand his influence. |
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In the thirteenth century they acquired the lordship of Badenoch, with extensive landholdings also in Lochaber, as well as the earldom of Buchan. |
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Various alterations occurred over the years as the arms of other realms acquired or claimed by the Kings were added to the Royal Arms. |
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Over time these terms acquired distinct connotations leading to the present difference in definition. |
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However, even when selling land that an individual had acquired separately from inheritance, a portion went to his kin. |
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If an insignia is registered by the Heraldic Consultant, trademark rights are automatically acquired as well. |
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Before opening for business it acquired the Dundee Commercial Bank to serve as its Dundee office. |
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It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. |
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What are the clinical findings for noncongenitally acquired rubella? How is noncongenitally acquired rubella contracted? |
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Every place James Macpherson acquired was cleared, and he also had a craze for changing and obliterating the old names. |
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The present Breton landscape did not acquired its final shape before one million years ago. |
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Macpherson claimed to have found poetry written by the ancient bard Ossian, and published translations that acquired international popularity. |
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With the rise of humanism, the unicorn also acquired more orthodox secular meanings, emblematic of chaste love and faithful marriage. |
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In June 2009, a new company acquired the hotel building, and planned to refurbish and rebrand it as the Glasgow Grand Central Hotel. |
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The Ayscough family acquired the manor by marriage in 1539, then Thomas Jenison bought it in 1579 when the Ayscough family had no heirs. |
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Both titles must be created for each individual and are not automatically acquired. |
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Between 1935 and 1949 the Quarry acquired 22 light internal combustion rail tractors for use on the levels. |
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But from 1870 the quarry acquired most of its locomotives new from the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds. |
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Sir William Hamilton, the town's founder, had acquired the land from his wife, Catherine Barlow of Slebech. |
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The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits. |
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The property was acquired in 1595 by Sir Hugh Myddleton who provided London with it first fresh water supply. |
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Some of these used already existing place names, while others acquired new names. |
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Davies was a barrister and a keen book collector who acquired the manuscripts gradually from a number of sources. |
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In the late 1970s, the library acquired an archive recording the work of the Birdsall bindery, Northampton. |
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On 31 August 2017, SuperSport announced that it had acquired the rights to broadcast matches within South Africa. |
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In Australia, after the ABC and SBS passed on the series, Network Ten acquired the rights to air it. |
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