Example sentences of "also acquired a " in BNC.
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1 | She had also acquired a solid grounding in revolutionary politics and in France had worked for the Boulangist cause . |
2 | While in the USSR negotiating , Dave Price and Alan Preston also acquired a Yak-55 aerobatic aircraft for the Museum . |
3 | Under the agreement , Olivetti is to distribute the two new devices and has also acquired a significant minority investment in Eo though the exact figure has not been disclosed . |
4 | What soon became clear was that he had also acquired a modern-day glamorous superstar . |
5 | When steel began to supersede iron in the 1880s he developed the Brymbo ironworks into the largest steelworks in north Wales , and by that time he had also acquired a number of important collieries and other industrial concerns . |
6 | GBW has also acquired a shareholding in Kenya Breweries , underpinning existing agreements to produce Foreign Extra Stout under licence . |
7 | In 1992 , United Distillers also acquired a 75% shareholding in its Mexican distributor Empresas Unidas . |
8 | At a secondhand shop they bought him a pair of rather tight jeans and also acquired a metal detector , opening up a whole range of possibilities . |
9 | Only a few of our members who have these qualifications are able to help , and we therefore rely heavily on ‘ friends from other churches ’ , a poor phrase when applied to such friends as Gilbert Clark , Duncan Curr and David Wright ; and the phrase also acquired a different meaning this year when it included the Rev. John Page , Minister of Dunlop , and his wife Janie , who daily travelled many Scriptural ‘ second miles ’ from their church to join us . |