However, adaptation to significantly different domestic engines required significant redesigns that slowed construction.

Empedocles did not believe that adaptation required a final cause ( purpose), but "came about naturally, since such things survived".

An electric lamp answering certain specific requirements would, indeed, be the key to the situation, but its commercial adaptation required a multifarious variety of apparatus and devices.

In the early 1960s his adaptation of the concrete cooling tower design to high rise offices required a change in the way the unions worked.

However, adaptation requires time.

Since its differences are mynimal the adaptation requires a slight elongation of the courtfield and a softer ball.

All these adaptations require evolutionary explanation.

Some successful adaptations require building additions which only on rare occasions are the structures aesthetics thoughtfully considered.

Many technical issues and adaptations require the availability of comitology powers.

Effective adaptation to our natural environment requires establishment of a sustainable balance between resources and consumption.