Example sentences of "[verb] to adopt a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , by virtue of institutional demands , occupational conventions and perceived political legitimacy , the media as a whole are predisposed to adopt a style of coverage which will pay scant regard to analysis of the causes of protest or the grievances of protesters . |
| 2 | In order to breathe during this operation , the young waxbill has to adopt a particular posture ; young whydahs and indigo birds adopt this too . |
| 3 | I would further argue that it is precisely in these circumstances where further specialisation and sub-specialisation has occurred that the ‘ intermediate expert ’ is constrained to adopt a paternalistic stance . |
| 4 | Last October , the European ministers responsible for cultural affairs resolved to adopt a programme of development for ‘ reading , translation and the book trade ’ , covering translation schemes , libraries , publishing and book distribution , as well as the more obvious encouragement of reading and literacy . |
| 5 | An increasing number of Italians now want to adopt a British first-past-the-post system so that there can be a periodic clean sweep , of the kind Britain experienced in 1964 and 1979 . |
| 6 | In other words , if a majority of member states want to adopt a piece of legislation which has the effect of transferring sovereign powers from national governments to the European Community institutions , that is at one and the same time an expression of national interest . ’ |
| 7 | Sir George said : ‘ If people want to adopt a nomadic style of life they must remain within the law and should do so at their own expense . ’ |
| 8 | Some parents only want to adopt a child of two black parents , that is of African , Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin . |
| 9 | ‘ That shows that people want to adopt a healthier diet and lifestyle but are not finding it easy to make the change . |
| 10 | Sometimes volunteers alternate between normal and long sleeps ( lasting 16 rather than 8 hours , for example ) or even appear to adopt a sleep/wake cycle that lasts about 50 rather than 25 hours . |
| 11 | Assassins were proofed against pain , but surely Meh'Lindi must be aware of some agonies as her body strained to adopt a new shape in obedience to her will . |
| 12 | Perhaps , as Dunleavy ( 1980b , p. 131 ) suggests , future research into central-local relations needs to adopt a variety of analytical perspectives . |
| 13 | There is perhaps a need for employers to be educated to adopt a more pragmatic approach rather than treating cases with an ‘ it 's the principle of the thing ’ attitude . |
| 14 | At the same time , by refusing to adopt a material ought , normative positivism radically separates itself from any suggestion that there is a necessary connection between law and any critical morality . |
| 15 | He was a man who tried very hard , by seeking to adopt a deliberately offensive and high-handed attitude , to mask both the generosity of his disposition and the fine quality of his intellect . |
| 16 | In quite a lot of professional academic writing , the various systems are mixed together , despite the fact that most journals seek to adopt a consistent policy and insist on receiving manuscripts which follow a specified system . |
| 17 | Only the Brazilian Viação Ferrea do Rio Grande do Sur seemed to adopt a house style , much more Lusitanian in feel , in white stucco with red tiles and large moulded windows . |
| 18 | The authorities seemed to adopt a dual approach to the anniversary ; on the one hand they launched a massive security operation in the city and detained a number of potential trouble makers , but on the other hand they attempted to portray an image of leniency by releasing groups of pro-democracy activists who had been arrested in 1989 . |
| 19 | In fact , this decision was less revolutionary than it appeared : Bush has brought the deadline forward from 2000 , as laid down under the Montreal Protocol , to 1995 , but the EC had already decided to adopt a 1997 deadline and the US had been lagging behind world opinion . |
| 20 | The referees have decided to adopt a policy of ‘ suck it and see ’ as regards the new laws . |
| 21 | SCOTVEC recognises that the use of levels to describe vocational qualifications is becoming generally accepted and has therefore decided to adopt a system of levels for SVQs which is analogous to that adopted by NCVQ and NVQs . |
| 22 | Firstly , it has decided to adopt a system of home country supervision . |
| 23 | I have decided to adopt a suggestion which was put to my Department in the course of the consultation that unions should be required to employ a mailing house or some other external agency to distribute and store voting papers . |
| 24 | It will not do to adopt a so-called negative utilitarianism , once advocated by Karl Popper , for which all that matters is the prevention of pain . |
| 25 | One may choose to adopt a broadly aesthetic approach to texts , as is often done , perfectly appropriately , but one then encounters what seems to me a potentially disabling contradiction . |
| 26 | To deal with such problems , governments can choose to adopt a specific sectoral policy . |
| 27 | Anyone wanting to adopt a rabbit is asked to call 051-427-6713 . |
| 28 | If A had an honest doubt whether there was a contract at all between B and C it has been held that this would provide a good defence but if the doubt is whether A 's rights or C's under two inconsistent agreements should prevail and A chooses to adopt a course which on one view of the law will undoubtedly interfere with C 's rights , it has been said that he must at least show that he was advised and honestly believed that he was entitled to take that course . |
| 29 | Borland 's competitors have often tended to adopt a less flexible approach to licensing , making corporate licences available only to those with many thousands of users , as opposed to Binder 's 1,000 to 1,500 population . |
| 30 | However , in the past the courts have tended to adopt a different approach and first " look at the contract apart from the exempting clauses and see what are the terms , express or implied , which impose an obligation on the party " ( Lord Denning in Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd v Wallis [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 936 ) and only then consider the impact of the exclusion on that liability . |