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 .
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