Adopting Sentence Examples

That left a choice between raising the child on her own or adopting it out.

It came as no surprise when Alex approached her about adopting Jonathan.

At that epoch the same three opinions were taken up and congealed into dogmas, which may be considered characteristic of the churches adopting them.

She'd roamed the ground floor before adopting the library as her favorite room and settling in front of a deadened hearth with a stack of celebrity magazines.

How do you feel about that — adopting him?

This hypothesis is not intrinsically improbable - and in Aramaic, a language closely related to Hebrew, " to be " actually is hawa - but it should be noted that in adopting it we admit that, using the name Hebrew in the historical sense, Yahweh is not a Hebrew name.

We... actually, I... was thinking about adopting a few wild horses from out west where they have too many.

Alex had trust issues and now she was adopting them.

Still, he was willing to give up the idea in exchange for adopting a child.

Right now they would have to stick to adopting animals.

And knowing it was his child they were adopting wouldn't hurt her decision.

Did Alex think that adopting another child would resolve Jonathan's issues?

He had asked if she would consider adopting.

He represented New Jersey in the first and second Continental Congresses (1774,1775-1776), but left Philadelphia in June 1776, probably to avoid voting on the question of adopting the Declaration of Independence, which he regarded as inexpedient.

They were unanimous in adopting the idea of a church in which all the members were priests under the Lord Jesus, the One High Priest and Ruler; the officers of which were not mediators between men and God, but preachers of One Mediator, Christ Jesus; not lords over God's heritage, but ensamples to the flock and ministers to render service.

This adopting act allowed scruples as to "articles not essential and necessary in doctrine, worship or government" - the presbytery being judge in the case and not the subscriber.

In1730-1732the stricter party in the presbyteries of New Castle and Donegal insisted on full subscription, and in 1736, in a minority synod, interpreted the adopting act according to their own views.

The allegations made con cerning the Chinese really amounted to a charge of undue 1 Australia, it may be noted, has woman's suffrage in all the states (Victoria, the last, adopting it in November 1908), and for the federal assembly.

Adopting the centigrade scale, this gives 1390.846 foot-pounds.

This is a primal necessity of the protoplast,and every cell gives evidence of its need by adopting one of the various ways in which such need is supplied.

Blenkinsop placed the teeth on the outer side of one of the running rails, and his reason for adopting a rack was the belief that an engine with smooth wheels running on smooth rails would not have sufficient adhesion to draw the load required.

Adopting the motto, "My strength is the love of my people," he ruled in strict accordance with constitutional principles, though not hesitating to make the fullest use of the royal prerogative when the intervention of the crown seemed to be required by circumstances.

Many of the furious Terrorists now became quiet and active councillors or administrators, the First Consul adopting the plan of multiplying "places," of overwhelming all officials with work, and of busying the watch-dogs of the Jacobinical party by "throwing them bones to gnaw."

Yet this distinguished zoologist selects the sternum as furnishing the key to his primary groups or " Orders " of the class, adopting, as Merrem had done long before, the same two divisions Cartnatae and Ratitae, naming, however, the former Tropidosternii and the latter Homalosternii.

He urged the need of adopting a permanent tariff policy, and on Dec. 5 1921 suggested a " flexible tariff " which might provide for the adjustment of rates to meet unusual and changing conditions.

Neander's theological position can only be explained in connexion with Schleiermacher, and the manner in which while adopting he modified and carried out the principles of his master.

They would always borrow rather than earn money, and they feel no shame in adopting the former course.

In 1857 he completed the libretto of Tristan and Isolde at Venice, adopting the Celtic legend modified by Gottfried of Strasburg's medieval version.

The Macedonian Peucestas received special marks of his favour for adopting the Persian dress.

The saving in time and cost by adopting this process is considerable, for a plan, the engraving of which takes two years, can now be produced in two days.

Bidwell," who, adopting special precautions against sources of error by which former work was probably affected, measured the changes of thermo-electric force for iron, steel, nickel and cobalt produced by magnetic fields up to I Soo units.

Adopting the profession of an advocate, he came to Constantinople and practised in the prefectural courts there, reaching such eminence as to attract the notice of the emperor Justinian, who appointed him in 528 one of the ten commissioners directed to prepare the first Codex of imperial constitutions.

In 1816, de Blainville, 4 adopting Latreille's view, divided the Linnaean Amphibia into Squamiferes and Nudipelliferes, or Amphibiens; though he offered an alternative arrangement, in which the class Reptiles is preserved and divided into two subclasses, the Ornithoides and the Ichthyoides.

The former as a consequence won large numbers of supporters who were drawn by the possibility it afforded of adopting an attractive faith which did not involve a rupture with the religion of Roman society, and consequently with the state.

In 1786 Horne Tooke conferred perpetual fame upon his benefactor's country house by adopting, as a second title of his elaborate philological treatise of "EirEa the more popular though misleading title of The Diversions of Purley.

Within this broad division, however, have appeared from time to time political groups in bewildering variety, each adopting a party designation according to the exigencies of the moment, but each basing its programme on one or other of the theoretical foundations above mentioned.

Far from adopting the levity of style too often observable in French romances, the Magyar novels, although enlivened by touches of humour, have generally rather a serious historical or political bearing.

A characteristic feature of the calculus is that a meaning can be attached to a symbol of this kind by adopting a new rule, called that of regressive multiplication, as distinguished from the foregoing, which is progressive.

By adopting modern non-sparking motors there is but little danger of igniting explosive gas.

Where the deposit is regular and the future can be predicted with some degree of certainty, we may be justified in adopting in some cases possibly as low as 5%.

Sir Sackville Carden, the British commander-in-chief in those waters, proposed that a fleet should try to destroy the Ottoman forts in the Straits and to clear away the mine-fields sown in the channel, by adopting a process of methodical advance.

That the Ottoman commander-in-chief had to be prepared for his opponent adopting one of these two plans offered a strong argument against adopting either of them.

The totally unexpected AngloPrussian alliance had justified the arguments of his enemies that England was impossible, while his hatred of France prevented him from adopting the only alternative of an alliance with her.

He studied at Rome and in Naples, afterwards adopting the life of an independent student and occupying himself especially with literary and with Neapolitan history.

Theodorus Aemilius, a priest, who had turned Protestant, adopting Jakob, sent him to school at Utrecht, but died when his charge was in his fifteenth year.

The Democrats had despaired of electing a candidate of their own, and hoped to achieve success by adopting the Cincinnati nominee, should he prove to be an eligible person.

Thus since it has become the fashion for Chinese students to flock to the schools and colleges of Japan, there adopting, as do their Japanese fellow-students, Occidental garments and methods of hairdressing, the distinction of nationality ceases to be perceptible.

During his reign Savoy abandoned its attitude of subserviency to France, adopting a policy of greater independence, and became more friendly to Austria.

Their form of church government is Congregational; they take the Bible as the sole rule of faith and practice, and while adopting immersion as the proper mode of baptism, freely welcome Christians of every sect to their communion.

But at the end of 1499 Cardinal Jimenez insisted on adopting coercive measures.

He began by adopting Catholicism and boldly seeking the assistance of Rome.

We next find him at Lyons (1535) editing scientific works for the Trechsel firm, adopting the " Villanovanus " surname, which he constantly used till the year of his death.

Accordingly as early as 1669 the French government decided on the foundation of a school for French dragomans at Constantinople, for which in later years was substituted the Ecole des langues orientales in Paris; most of the great powers eventually took some similar step, England also adopting in 1877 a system, since modified, for the selection and tuition of a corps of Britishborn dragomans.

He went to the mines for a season, and there he began to write in the local newspapers, adopting the pen name of "Mark Twain," from a call used in taking soundings on the Mississippi steamboats.

English bridge-builders are somewhat hampered in adopting rational limits of working stress by the rules of the Board of Trade.

In June 1913 the Government considered itself justified by necessity of the State in adopting a measure which in many respects was held to be a breach of the constitution; it appointed a commission for Bohemia, the members of which were nominated by the State, to deal with the autonomous affai s of this country.

But, under the guise of a restoration on conservative lines, Ultramontanism - notwithstanding the totally different conditions which now obtain - girds itself to work for an ideal of religion and culture in vogue during the middle ages, and at the same time holds itself justified in adopting the extreme point of view with respect to all questions which we have mentioned.

Thus palaeontology has brought to light an entirely new nomenclatural problem, which can only be solved by resolutely adopting an entirely different principle.

During his twenty years' reign Denmark advanced steadily along the path of greatness and prosperity marked out for her by Valdemar I., consolidating and extending her dominion over the North Baltic coast and adopting a more and more independent attitude towards Germany.

By the conquest of Whydah the Dahomeyans were brought in contact with a people of serpent worshippers, and ended by adopting from them the cult which they at first despised.

In many states the legislatures have taken action in the development of law by adopting statutory codes of procedure, and in some instances have even enacted codes embodying the substance of the common law fused with the statutes.

Thus The Uniformity Of The Intercalation, By Continuing To Depend On The Number Four, Is Preserved, And By Adopting The Last Correction The Commencement Of The Year Would Not Vary More Than A Day From Its Present Place In Two Hundred Centuries.

Thus, so long as she refrains from adopting conscription, she can only carry on defensive warfare.

Adopting the definition we should have no difficulty in proving that in a vacuum tube gases may be luminous at very low temperatures, but we are doubtful whether such a conclusion is very helpful towards the elucidation of our problem.

The United States Congress declared against any further intervention by adopting on the 31st of May 1894 the Turpie Resolution.

It is profoundly affecting to contemplate this man, a mere wreck from gout, shrinking from no fatigue, no labour, and no personal sacrifices; disregarding the obstacles and difficulties thrown in his way by cardinals and temporal princes, whose fatal infatuation refused to see the peril which hung above them all; recurring time after time, with all his intellect and energy, to the realization of his scheme; and finally adopting the high-hearted resolve of placing himself at the head of the crusade.

A month later a papal legate arrived in Hungary to inquire into the conduct of the king, who was accused by his neighbours, and many of his own subjects, of adopting the ways of his Kumanian kinsfolk and thereby undermining Christianity.

Their success was due as much to their readiness in adopting their enemy's methods of warfare as to their bravery.

Except where space does not permit a span-roofed building to be introduced, a lean-to is not to be recommended; but a house of this class may often be greatly improved by adopting a half-span or hipped roof - that is, one with a short slope behind and a longer in front.

We can trace the advance of the Roman supremacy with greater ease after 387 B.C., inasmuch as from this year (adopting the traditional dating for what it is worth) until 2 99 B.C. every accession of territory is marked by the foundation of a group of new tribes; the limit of 35 in all was reached in the latter year.

They passed a law adopting the ballot in 1877, but at the election of the following year a Liberal majority was returned.

The conservative tendencies of the Chinese people have prevented them adopting the modern methods of extensive cultivation based on scientific principles, and the manipulation of crops by machinery in place of hand labour.

Douglas in adopting the convention system, to which Lincoln had been strongly opposed.

The tariff treaties with Great Britain and France were not renewed, and all attempts to come to some agreement with Germany broke down, owing to the change of policy which Bismarck was adopting at this period.

In view of these provisions, Garrison, adopting a bold scriptural figure of speech, denounced the constitution as "a covenant with death and an agreement with hell," and chose as his motto, "No union with slaveholders."

Mahomet seems for a while to have entertained the thought of adopting al-Rahman as a proper name of God, in place of Allah, which was already used by the heathens.'

It never again had the opportunity of assuming political importance, the civil powers naturally adopting the most stringent measures to suppress an agitation whose avowed object was to suppress them.

Later writers added a few more particulars, - that Tell lived at Burglen and fought at Morgarten (1598), that he was the son-in-law of Furst and had two sons (early 18th century), &c. Johannes von Muller (1780) gave a vivid description of the oath at the Ruth by the three (Tell not being counted in), and threw Tschudi's version into a literary form, adding one or two names and adopting that of Hermann for Gessler, calling him of "Bruneck."

The practice of adopting children was, and still is, common.

In adopting verse instead of prose as a medium of expression, Schiller showed that he was prepared to challenge comparison with the great dramatic poets of other times and other lands; but in seeking a model for this higher type of tragedy he unfortunately turned rather to the classic theatre of France than to the English drama which Lessing, a little earlier, had pronounced more congenial to the German temperament.

Adopting the statutes of Soest in Westphalia as their code, Saxon merchants exclusively ruled the city.

Adopting a hypothetical law of the dispersion of differently coloured rays of light, he proved analytically the possibility of constructing an achromatic object-glass composed of lenses of glass and water.

Adopting Arianism they came into conflict with the Romans, and under their king Gundahar or Gundicar (the Gunther of the Nibelungenlied) rose in 435 against the Roman governor Aetius, who called in the Huns against them.

England for many years past, in adopting the principle of Public Works Prisons after a certain short period spent in separation, has pronounced in favour of open-air employment in association.

Meanwhile, at Merv, Mamun was adopting a decision which fell like a thunderbolt on the Abbasids.

Sigwart, indeed, adopting Kant's argument, concludes that we must be satisfied with consistency among the thoughts which presuppose an existent; this, too, is the reason why he thinks that induction is reduction, on the theory that we can show the necessary consequence of the given particular, but that truth of fact is unattainable.

Adopting this definition, without restriction to the case of an ideal vapour or to saturation-pressure, the rate of variation of the total heat with temperature (dH/dO) at constant pressure is equal to S under all conditions, whether S is constant, or varies both with p and 0.

Adopting for steam the same value of the ratio of the specific heats, viz.

The reason for adopting this method is that the specific volume of a saturated vapour cannot be directly measured with sufficient accuracy on account of the readiness with which it condenses on the surface of the containing vessel.

Adopting reformed views he was made chaplain by Cranmer in 1J40 and presented to the living of Hadleigh, Suffolk, in 1544.

It has become customary, however, for the name to be used by Europeans in Borneo to denote the whole of the company's territory, and little by little the more educated natives are insensibly adopting the practice.

The point is not clear, but probably the Greeks acted here as they did in the case of the vowel i and the consonant y, adopting the consonant symbol for the vowel sound.

It is difficult to avoid the impression that Capello was only half-hearted in adopting, and in directing his corps commanders to adopt, the line of action indicated by his chief.

From the midst of the Franciscans who had persecuted Roger Bacon because he presumed to know more than was consistent with human humility arose John of Parma, adopting and popularizing the mystic prophecy of Joachim of Flora.

Architecture in Spain, emerging from the Gothic stage, developed an Early Renaissance style of bewildering richness by adopting elements of Arabic and Moorish decoration.

Without challenging or adopting this speculation, it may be safely affirmed that nothing so pregnant of results has happened as this exploration of the globe.

Adopting the hypothesis of two fluids, Coulomb investigated experimentally and theoretically the distribution of electricity on the surface of bodies by means of his proof plane.

After leaving Westminster school, he was apprenticed, in 1802, to his brother, an apothecary, with the view of adopting the profession of medicine, but his bent was towards chemistry, a sound knowledge of which he acquired in his spare time.

Late in the 18th century some interference took place on the part of the British government, then conducted by Lord Cornwallis; but the successor of that nobleman, Sir John Shore, adopting the non-intervention policy, withdrew the British force, and abandoned the country to its fate.

From this time forward he disused his Hebrew name of Baruch, adopting instead the Latin equivalent, Benedictus.

During the five years1884-1889a committee was occupied with the question of workmen's insurance, and thrice the government made proposals for its settlement, on the last occasion adopting the principle of invalidity as a common basis for insurance against accidents, illness or old age.

Zeno began, perhaps, by adopting the formulas of the Peripatetics, though no doubt with a conscious difference, postulating that form was always attached to matter, no less than matter, as known to us, is everywhere shaped or informed.

He translated Gil Blas, adopting more or less seriously Voltaire's unfounded suggestion that Le Sage plagiarized from Espinel's Marcos de Obregon, and other Spanish books; the text appeared in 1783, and in 1828 was greatly modified by Evaristo Pena y Martin, whose arrangement is still widely read.

The convention adjourned without adopting any " platform " of principles, the party shrewdly deciding to make its campaign merely on the issue of whether the Van Buren administration should be continued in power and thus to take full advantage of the popular discontent with the administration, to which was attributed the responsibility for the panic of 1837 and the subsequent business depression.

On finishing his academic studies he contemplated adopting the medical profession, and prosecuted his studies in chemistry, anatomy and physiology with that.

Both parties had attempted to avoid the burning slavery issue, - the Whigs by adopting no platform whatever and the Democrats by trusting to the well-known views of their candidate, but the political leaders in Congress could not escape the many definite questions preserited by the possession of the territory newly acquired from Mexico.

The latter, in twenty books, of which only the first ten and fragments of the fifteenth are extant, endeavours to prove from the Hebrew Scriptures themselves that the Christians are right in going beyond the Jews and adopting new principles and practices.

Adopting the trend of this last-named stream, which has its head-waters in Kwei-chow, the mingled flow passes eastward, and farther on in a south-easterly direction, by Lai-chow Fu, Wu-suan Hien, and Sin-chow Fu, where it receives the waters of the Si-kiang, and thenceforth changes its name for that of its affluent.

He was therefore not at all persona grata in Berlin, but the German imperial authorities learned by experience that he was an opponent to be respected, who understood thoroughly the interests of his country, and was quite capable of adopting if necessary a vigorous policy of reprisals.

The Pharisees even improved upon the Temple ritual, and their popularity enabled them to force the Pharisees into adopting the improvements.

As a general rule the poorlaw valuations are followed, but this is not universally the case, some county councils adopting the assessment to income tax, schedule A, and others forming an independent valuation of their own.

The Public Libraries Acts enable the authority adopting them to provide public libraries, museums, schools for science, art galleries Public and schools for art.

There are many and varied forms of bracing, each designer adopting methods peculiar to his own ideas.

The laughter thus provoked extinguished the Predictions for three years, and in 1715 Partridge died in fact; but the episode left a permanent trace in classic literature, for when in 2709 Steele was to start the Tatler, it occurred to him that he could secure the public ear in no surer way than by adopting the name of Bickerstaff.

Adopting the Kantian standpoint that we can know nothing but phenomena, Lange maintains that neither materialism nor any other metaphysical system has a valid claim to ultimate truth.

At the same time Venice was adopting measures to restrict it still further.

The crisis started by this demand produced, in the course of a few days, first Mr. Lloyd George's and then Mr. Asquith's resignation; and the King, adopting the ordinary constitutional course, sent on Dec. 5 for Mr. Bonar Law, who had become, through by-elections before the war, the leader of the largest single party in the House of Commons, and invited him to form an administration.

Adopting this general minimum as the unit, we find that the flow from such areas up to about 5000 acres, whose mean annual rainfall exceeds 50 in., may be expected occasionally to reach 300 cub.

But by the Toth century the rule was commonly set aside, and we find frequent complaints of abbots dressing in silk, and adopting sumptuous attire.

The connexion many of them had with the church was of the slenderest kind, consisting mainly in adopting the name of abbe, after a remarkably moderate course of theological study, practising celibacy and wearing a distinctive dress - a short dark-violet coat with narrow collar.

Unfortunately for England the kingly power was in the hands of an incapable holder, and feudal anarchy found a plausible mask by adopting the disguise of loyalty to the rightful heiress.

Technically he was justified in adopting this course, but people generally felt that there was some hardship in compelling a young queen to separate herself from her companions and friends, and they consequently approved the decision of Lord Melbourne to support the queen in her refusal, and to resume office.

In London the Lords passed a vote of censure on Lord Palmerstons proceedings; and the Commons only sustained the minister by adopting a resolution approving in general terms the principles on which the foreign policy of the country had been conducted.

At the same time it decided on adopting two measures of a more permanent character.

He gave the institutions, which had been thus established, the full benefit of the assistance which the government was prepared to afford to board schools, on their adopting a conscience clause under which the religious susceptibilities of the parents of children were protected.

But the Irish were placing themselves under new leaders and adopting new methods.

John Sigismund, adopting his court-preacher's views, issued (1568) an edict of religious liberty at the Torda Diet, which allowed David (retaining his existing title) to transfer his episcopate from the Calvinists to the anti-Trinitarians, Kolozsvar being evacuated by all but his followers.

We are prohibited by a general consideration of metamerism in the Arthropoda from adopting the hypothesis of intercalation of somites.

These suggestions took practical shape by a decree of the National Assembly in 1790 appointing a committee to consider the suitability of adopting either the length of the seconds pendulum, a fraction of the length of the equator or a fraction of the quadrant of the terrestrial meridian..

The natives show themselves very slow in adopting European habits in food, clothing and house-building.

While partially adopting their laws and customs, the descendants of the conquerors often spoke the language of the natives, and in so doing nearly lost their own.

During his stay here Ricci was convinced that a mistake had been made in adopting a dress resembling that of the bonzes, a class who were the objects either of superstition or of contempt.

At the eleventh hour he attempted to retrieve his mistake by vague promises of amendment, chiefly because all the opposition groups, above all Sagasta and the Liberals, announced their intention of adopting much the same programme as the National Union.

The bee-keeper's object is to utilize to the utmost the brief space of a worker-bee's life in summer, by adopting the best methods in vogue for building up stocks to full strength before the honey-gathering time begins, and preparing for it by the exercise of skill and intelligence in carrying out this work.

Unlike Lord Hartington (afterwards duke of Devonshire) and other Liberals, who declined to join Mr Gladstone in view of the altered attitude he was adopting towards Ireland, Mr Chamberlain entered the cabinet as president of the Local Government Board (with Mr Jesse Collings as parliamentary secretary), but on the 15th of March 1886 he resigned, explaining in the House of Commons (8th April) that, while he had always been in favour of the largest possible extension of local government to Ireland consistently with the integrity of the empire and the supremacy of parliament, and had therefore joined Mr Gladstone when he believed that this was what was intended, he was unable to consider that the scheme communicated by Mr Gladstone to his colleagues maintained those limitations.

By adopting right-angled reflectionprisms above the eyepiece he completely erected the image.

Among plants from Lower Triassic strata there are a few which form connecting links with the older Permo-Carboniferous flora; of these we have a species, described by Blanckenhon as Sigillaria oculina, which may be correctly referred to that genus, although an inspection of a plaster-cast of the type-specimen in the Berlin Bergakademie left some doubt as to the sufficiency of the evidence for adopting the generic name Sigillaria.

But the king on this occasion showed more political insight than his great minister and saw that by adopting the heroic course proposed by the latter he ran the risk of finding Napoleon on the side of the enemy, whereas by waiting all might be gained.

Unlike adopting a child from an unplanned pregnancy, this child would be intentionally conceived.

Why a woman would choose to go through the discomfort of carrying a baby for nine months instead of adopting was beyond him.

How do you feel about that — adopting him?

Adopting a new appellation was simple enough; developing this harsh land would be more difficult.

William decided to protect his financial interests by adopting an attitude of humility.

Perhaps the evidence for simply adding cereal bran to your breakfast is less convincing than that for adopting a broader fiber diet.

Adopting flexible benefits can avoid the pressure of a merged company having to take all benefits up to the highest common denominator.

These tensions are often reflected in local church congregations where increasing numbers of churches are adopting a niche approach to " doing church " .

The language is strictly declarative, which is achieved by adopting a functional subset of Scheme.

The longer process of adopting a directive could take up to three years.

However, adopting UK citizenship will certainly weaken your case for foreign domicile.

Moreover, at one point, Stirner explicitly considers adopting the explanatory stance of psychological egoism only to reject it.

Slovakia has taken the step of joining the ERM II in preparation for adopting the euro.

There are concerns that young children are eating too much fatty junk food, and adopting " couch potato " lifestyles.

Some have thus enjoyed access this year, largely due to adopting a low profile and low footfall.

Months passed and Churchward gradually changed his dress from the very English fashion of the time, to adopting native garb.

Lord Mongo prowls mad angry in a quarry, adopting various guises and railing his gob against a gyrating void.

Adopting rod licenses would not require the wholesale importation of the E&W model.

They seem utterly incapable of adopting the mode of the society they are later surrounded by.

China is adopting a step-by-step approach to reform and improve the stock issuance regulatory system.

Finding out what impact we have on the world is the first step to adopting a more ethical lifestyle.

Affected girls are often particularly maternal by nature and if reproduction is impossible many take great joy in adopting and mothering children.

These data provide quot controls for with adopting Medicaid.

There was a strong religious element in the Guilds, each adopting a patron saint and being attached to a local monastery or church.

The framework for adopting common European immigration policies was set out under the Finnish presidency at the 1999 summit meeting in Tampere.

Zimbabweans are adopting increasingly desperate measures China has signed a $ 1.3bn deal with Zimbabwe to help relieve an acute shortage of energy.

Often this will mean adopting a longer-term view rather than seeking short-term, unsustainable gains.

She said the couple had considered buying fresh sperm over the Internet, or adopting.

By adopting the hat of the famous Parthian ruler, Ardashir is declaring himself as the rightful successor to the kingdom of Iran.

She is talking about adopting a tiger with her pocket money.

If you are interested in adopting treacle, she is being fostered in Somerset.

Different views on subscription and discipline, and the arbitrary act of excision were the barriers to union, but these were removed; in 1758 the adopting act was re-established in its original breadth, the "Synod of New York and Philadelphia" was formed, and the reunion was signalized by the formation of the presbytery of Hanover in Virginia.

There is much to be urged in favour of either view; and in adopting the former alternative, it must be borne in mind that the difference between monotremes and marsupials is vastly greater than that which separates the latter from placentals.

We thus see in the Scandinavian settlers in Gaul, after they had put on the outward garb of their adopted country, a people restless and enterprising above all others, adopting and spreading abroad all that they could make their own in their new land and everywhere else - a people in many ways highly gifted, greatly affecting and of Sicily modifying at the time every land in which they settled, but, wherever they settled, gradually losing themselves among the people of the land.

The countries lying between India and the Mongolian are occupied by populations chiefly of the Mongolian and Chinese type, having languages fundamentally monosyllabic, but using letters derived from India, and adopting their religion, which is almost everywhere Buddhist, from the Indians.

At the instance of the Irish bishops Taylor undertook his last great work, the Dissuasive from Popery (in two parts, 1664 and 1667), but, as he himself seemed partly conscious, he might have more effectually gained his end by adopting the methods of Ussher and Bedell, and inducing his clergy to acquire the Irish tongue.

In adopting a scale for their maps, cartographers will do well to choose a multiple of loon if possible, for such a scale can claim to be international, while in planning an atlas they ought to avoid a needless multiplicity of scales.

He appears, in the composition of his various pieces, to have treated everything that occurred to him in the most desultory fashion, sometimes adopting the form of dialogue, sometimes that of an epistle or an imaginary discourse, and often to have spoken in his own name, giving an account of his travels and adventures, or of amusing scenes that he had witnessed, or expressing the results of his private meditations and experiences.

In this resolution he was influenced by the discovery that he could not rely on the expected support of Germany, and the discovery made him waver in his devotion to the German alliance, which had been the main pivot of his foreign policy; but his personal attachment to the emperor William prevented him from adopting a hostile attitude towards the empire he had helped to create.

The tendency to eliminate the middleman has not only brought a good many manufacturers into direct relation with the shopkeeper, but in some exceptional cases the manufacturer, adopting some system of broadcast advertisement and postal delivery, has dealt with the consumer.

Held against Chalcedon, uniting the Baptism and Christmas feasts on the 6th of January (Epiphany), declaring for monophysitism, and adopting in the Trisagion the words "who wast crucified for us."

For relatively short focal lengths a triple construction such as this is almost necessary in order to obtain an objective free from aberration of the 3rd order, and it might be thought at first that, given the closest attainable degree of rationality between the colour dispersions of the two glasses employed, which we will call crown and flint, it would be impossible to devise another form of triple objective, by retaining the same flint glass, but adopting two sorts of crown instead of only one, which would have its secondary spectrum very much further reduced.

At the same time, early in 1860, a movement for statehood was inaugurated, a constitution being framed and submitted to the people, who rejected it, adopting later in the year a constitution of territorial government.

These men and their followers were never weary of ridiculing the timid caution of the aged statesman who sacrificed everything to perpetuate an inglorious peace and derisively nicknamed his adherents " Night-caps " (a term subsequently softened into " Caps "), themselves adopting the sobriquet " Hats," from the threecornered hat worn by officers and gentlemen, which was considered happily to hit off the manly self-assertion of the opposition.

The abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty in 1901, and the failure of the second French company to construct a canal between Colon and Panama (see Panama Canal) had, after many hesitations, induced the United States government to abandon the Nicaragua route and decide on adopting that of Panama.

If now we assume the water to have a depth d above the base, the total water pressure represented by the triangle kbh will have its centre at d/3 from the base, and by the parallelogram of forces, assuming the density of the masonry to be 2.5, we find that the centre of pressure upon the base bc is shifted from the centre of the base to a point i nearer to the outer toe c, and adopting our assumption of uniformly varying intensity of stress, the rectangular diagram of pressures will thus be distorted from the figure bfgc to the figure of equal area bjlc, having its centre o vertically under the point at which the resultant of all the forces cuts the base bc. For any lower level the same treatment may, step by step, be adopted, until the maximum intensity of pressure cl exceeds the assumed permissible maximum, or the centre of pressure reaches an assigned distance from the outer toe c, when the base must be widened until the maximum intensity of pressure or the centre of pressure, as the case may be, is brought within the prescribed limit.

When a field is ridged in the line of the greatest ascent of the ground, there is an obvious convenience in adopting the furrows as the site of the drains; but wherever this is not the case the drains must be laid off to suit the contour of the ground, irrespective of the furrows altogether.

However, the Negroid tribes are more and more adopting the customs and mode of life of the Hova, among whom are found pile-houses, the sarong, f adi or tabu applied to food, a non-African form of bellows, &c., all characteristic of their original home.

Beginning with not too many stocks he can test the capabilities of his location before investing much capital in the undertaking, so that by utilizing the information already given and adopting the wise adage " make haste slowly " he will realize in good time whether it will pay best to work for honey in comb or extracted honey in bulk; not only so, but the knowledge gained will enable him to select such appliances as are suited to his needs.

As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways.

With his son, however, he employed the diplomacy he reserved for important occasions and, adopting a quiet tone, discussed the whole matter.

Sonya was unhappy at the separation from Nicholas and still more so on account of the hostile tone the countess could not help adopting toward her.

By adopting smaller and smaller elements of motion we only approach a solution of the problem, but never reach it.

It 's ridiculous to think of adopting another child when one ca n't provide for one 's own.

If you are considering adopting baby bunnies. you must get them neutered or spayed as soon as they reach sexual maturity.

If you are interested in adopting Treacle, she is being fostered in Somerset.

We must not allow ourselves to be confused by people who say they believe in adopting a ' win-win ' strategy.

However, MnS crystals adopting the zinc blende structure (beta-MnS) can also be grown under appropriate conditions.

Allison took her daughters to the pet store, and the cute puppies were too endearing for her toresist adopting one.

Allison took her daughters to the pet store, and the cute puppies were too endearing for her to resist adopting one.

Adopting a child who doesn't have a family will not only bless that precious child, but it will also bless the adopting family.

Families or individuals who are considering adoption need to consider several factors before they begin the often times arduous process of adopting a child.

Some of these problems could be political if you are dealing with adopting from another country.

Adoption can be very expensive, especially if the baby you are adopting is a newborn.

When you are beginning the process of adopting an infant, know where your money is going and why.

Adopting an infant can be very expensive, but it doesn't always have to be, especially if you are adopting a minority child or a handicapped child.

If you are adopting an older child or a child with special needs, your fees may be significantly lower than what they might be for a newborn.

How long can you expect to wait before adopting your child?

Grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. are adopting the children of relatives.

Legal rights and responsibilities are transferred to the adopting parent, however, which helps to clarify the relationship between the adopting relative and the child.

More and more adoptive parents are turning to open adoption as a means for finding and adopting a child into their homes.

Since the birth mother may have the discretion of choosing the adoptive parents, the wait time for adopting a baby can vary greatly.

If you are expecting a baby or in the process of adopting one, you're probably bustling around buying baby supplies, baby furniture, and infant clothing.

Have you noticed how many more movie stars seem to be having or adopting children later on in life, such as Geena Davis, Joan Lunden, Patricia Heaton, Susan Sarandon, and Diane Keaton?

It pays to understand how an adoption in this country works, so become familiar with the ins and outs of adopting a Chinese child.

Keep in mind that adopting from China means that you'll likely be adopting a girl.

Adopting country fees can vary from one country to another, but a typical fee schedule for a China adoption can be around $9,000.

United States citizens continue to turn to this country in search of adopting a child.

Educating yourself is the key to successfully adopting a child, and this advice holds true for international adoptions, domestic adoptions, and private adoptions as well.

It pays to understand how an adoption in this country works, so become familiar with the ins and outs of adopting a Russian child.

The success rate of single parent adoptions is steadily growing, which is good news for many singles who once thought their dreams of adopting were out of reach.

Whether they've divorced or never married, there are many compelling reasons behind single people adopting.

Be aware that your chances of adopting will increase if you agree to adopt a special needs or older child.

These forums often post adoption lists for various countries, including information on a country's legal issues and any problems or related tips for adopting abroad.

They are familiar with adoption laws, and they can help you avoid many of the risks associated with adopting.

Adopting children from this poor, but beautiful country takes a bit of effort, but is well worth the hurdles when a deserving child finally comes into your life as your son or daughter.

Adopting a child from Guatemala not only fulfills parents dreams of becoming a mother and father, but also provides a child with a future that often offers better prospects that s/he might have in Guatemala.

When you decide you want to adopt it's important to know the facts which include the differences between foster care and adopting a child.

In some cases, parents have found success in adopting a child from another country by using an independent attorney and working on their own, but this can be tricky.

Don't be afraid to ask for their advice and help regarding international adoption agencies as you work to achieve your dream of adopting a child.

While agencies may still have prerequisites set regarding religious beliefs, age, and/or sexual orientation, Christian agencies typically have to follow the guidelines established by the countries from which parents are adopting.

If you are considering an international adoption and you want to use a Christian adoption agency, be sure the agency you work with is well equipped to handle all of the issues regarding adopting a child from another country.

You must realize that adopting a child is a lifelong decision that can't be taken lightly.

Adopting older children can be the answer to both an adult's desire to be a parent and a child's desire to have a family and a home.

People are interested in adopting older children for many reasons.

For some, the process of adopting an older child, either through foster care or through an adoption agency, is much quicker than adopting an infant.

One of the most compelling reasons for adopting a child that is older is the need that the child has for a positive role model in his or her life.

If you are adopting a child from another culture, embrace her identity.

Adopting a child is making a commitment.

There are numerous organizations devoted to the education and promotion of adopting older children.

If you're considering adopting a child from China, it's important to fully understand the process.

Adopting from China is a complex and time-consuming process.

As part of your decision to adopt from China, it's important to consider some of the challenges that come with adopting a child from a different country, and talk to your partner about how you will handle these challenges.

It's important to find out as much as you can about a child's living arrangements prior to adopting from China and to be prepared with mental health resources to help your child make an emotional connection.

Adopting a child from China also raises cultural issues.

If you are interested in adopting a child from China, it's important to realize that you can't do this on your own.

According to the U.S. Department of State, China has some very specific requirements for parents considering adopting a Chinese baby.

For many families, the cost of adopting a child from China can seem insurmountable.

Adoption is an option that many couples pursue, but what are the advantages of adopting as a single parent?

Gone are the days when the only hope you had of adopting was as a couple.

What are the advantages of adopting as a single parent?

Another definite plus for adopting as a single parent is that you no longer have to feel alone as you create your very own family through adoption!

While there are certainly advantages of adopting as a single parent, there are also disadvantages that must be considered seriously before you begin adoption proceedings.

The success of adopting a newborn depends upon several factors.

While it may take some time, it's very possible to make the dream of adopting a child come true.

A quicker and often easier solution is adopting an older child or a child with special needs.

For more information on adopting children in your state, call your local Department of Human Resources.

Adopting a child takes time, regardless of the age of the child involved.

While most people realize that adoptable infants are typically high on the list of parents waiting to adopt a child, they may not realize that adopting a toddler can be challenging as well.

If you are thinking about adopting a toddler, you may already be wondering where to begin.

Adopting a toddler can almost be as daunting and as frustrating as adopting a newborn, but you do have options.

Adopting from a shelter or humane society is less risky than selecting a pet from a free kittens ad in the paper or on the grocery's bulletin board.

Keep in mind that even though it may not cost money to take the kitten home, there will be costs associated with adopting a new pet.

Adopting free kittens has its advantages and disadvantages.

If you feel up to the challenge, you might also think about adopting a spayed/neutered kitten from a shelter to provide Smokey with a new companion to further distract him from his old routine.

I am considering adopting a very adorable gray tabby with the most beautiful deep blue eyes I've ever seen.

That said, I hope you'll consider adopting that kitten no matter what color its eye turn out to be.

Should you decide that adopting from a Siamese cats rescueorg is right for your household, there are many different organizations that adopt out rescued cats, matching them with the best home possible.

Since so many kittens are born in the spring, you may be thinking of adopting one or two.

I wouldn't let such health issues dissuade me from adopting a particular cat.

Many owners wind up adopting a pet from these windows.

If you're looking for a loving and unique animal to add to your household, consider adopting a Maine Coon.

No matter which breed you think might be right for you, remember to consider any potential cat's personality before adopting him or her into your family.

If you are adopting through a non-profit animal shelter, most have an adoption process.

Adopting Ragdolls can be very rewarding.

This is more true when you are adopting an adult cat versus taking a new kitten home.

Owned by Earthwalk, Inc. and funded by advertising and sponsors, this publication is chock full of the latest tips, news, and resources for adopting and living a sustainable lifestyle.

These consulting services may also be able to assist customers in finding out if there will be potential tax benefits to adopting some renewable energy systems.

By simply reducing fertilizer use by adopting more organic gardening practices, you can reduce this type of pollution.

Once you know what these are, you can begin to be a part of the solution by adopting good Earth steward practices.

I truly couldn't care less who's adopting children around the world or running around sans underwear.

Another advantage to catalogs is that many publishers are adopting sustainable practices such as printing their books on recycled paper with soy-based ink and offering catalog recycling programs.

After creating an account, you have the option of adopting a pet or obtaining one from a current user by trading or buying with currency won from the site's games.

The site offers a virtual tour that allows people who are interested in adopting virtual pets to take care of to find out exactly what the game involves and what features are available.

Many people enjoy playing online games that involve adopting and caring for virtual pets.

People who are seeking pets can use the site to narrow their search and find contact information for agencies that have animals they're interested in adopting.

FooPets and Rescreatu represent the best that the Internet has to offer in terms of adopting a virtual pet and watching it grow, play and live.

If you are looking for a realistic animal to adopt, go to Adopt Me. With animals ranging from horses to puppies to dog to turtles, there should be an animal you'd enjoy adopting.

Creative Memories provides a few inspiring family sayings in these sample pages, and adopting some of them into your own memory book is a good way to add eloquence to your pages.

The primary reason cited for adopting and maintaining a raw vegan diet is that it is the optimum way to stay healthy.

In an ever-growing trend, celebrities are adopting underprivileged children.

Brad is in the process of adopting both children.

In January 2007, the Hollywood actress criticized superstar Madonna's adoption of a Malawian boy from a country where the rules on adopting are definitive.

Not only that, he also studied their accents, eventually adopting it himself so in the end, he acted and sounded like everyone else in the neighborhood.

Prior to filing for divorce, Sandra and Jesse had begun the process of adopting a baby from New Orleans.

In some cases, a student may be interested in adopting an existing program as a major, but the infrastructure behind that program doesn't support the level of study necessary to earn a degree.

Finding a responsible professional dog breeder is the first step toward adopting a healthy puppy.

Pick up your puppy in person so that you can make sure you are adopting the puppy you paid for.

Dog Rescue and Adoption is where you'll find tips on what to expect when adopting a pet.

My suggestion is that if you have your heart set on a German Shepherd, why not consider adopting an adult dog?

During this year's pet adoption drive, each new adopting family will receive an Iams adoption kit containing food samples, coupons, and important tips on pet care, behavior, training, and nutrition.

Adopting a pet through the Iams Home 4 The Holidays program will truly be a gift that your whole family will cherish long after the holidays are over.

I have always recommended that all of my friends and my readers here at LTK visit the American Kennel Club website if they are thinking about adopting a dog, especially if they are looking for a purebred.

In some cases, an adopted pet will never be completely healthy and well adjusted, and this is something else you must take into consideration when you're thinking about adopting.

With that in mind, you should understand that even adoptions aren't free unless you're adopting an unwanted pet from someone you know locally.

Adopting a puppy differs from buying a puppy in that you won't pay an actual purchase price for your pet.

I'm considering adopting an unneutered two-year-old Bullmastiff.

We ended up adopting a two-month-old male Lab/German Shepherd.

If you simply want to breed in order to add another dog to your household, why not consider adopting another needy pup from a shelter?

Consider adopting a homeless Pitbull puppy from a rescue or shelter, especially if you are not planning on competing in shows.

Adopting a puppy locally is usually the best way to go.

My best advice about adopting a dog is take time to make a proper selection.

Adopting a dog that is wrong for you can be a nightmare.

One of the big advantages of adopting from a rescue group or shelter is that the people there often know quite a good deal about the animal you are considering adopting.

You should check out dog rescue shelters carefully before adopting a dog from one.

With this in mind, do not rush into adopting a dog.

If you are a Colorado resident who is interested in adopting a pet, why not consider Colorado greyhound adoption?

Suddenly, many people became interested in adopting Greyhound puppies.

Adopting Greyhound puppies is not an easy task.

Consider adopting a rescue dog or shelter dog.

If you're interested in adopting a Cavachon puppy, it's important to find a reputable breeder or a Cavachon rescue group.