A zest for living cannot develop, he added, "under the former style of education in which students simply acquired as much knowledge as possible."

Proponents of the bill stated that students who could not afford the fee could simply acquire a loan.

He suggests that beginners simply acquire books they like.

The Bunshafts did not simply acquire works; they placed them.

Ownership of land is a much more complex proposition than simply acquiring all the rights to it.

It is what a lover would do; a collector simply acquires.

Some developers have predicted that simply acquiring the land and cleaning up the site could take 10 years and cost more than $100 million.

The specialty divisions often simply acquire distribution rights to pictures in which the studio has had no prior involvement.

Simply acquiring an engineer who knew anything about radio was challenging enough.

The gift of prophecy is not generally something you simply acquire.