The new government has adopted a policy of non-aggression.

It was gradually adopted by other countries through time.

French traders in the 17th century modeled their...well they adopted the design of the Iroquois birch bark canoes, and they found they could travel great distances more than 1500 kilometers a month.

Now, the concept, which originated in Europe, was adopted by American city planners in the late 1950s.

Greek philosophy - or even a focus on conscience - might complement religion but was no substitute for it, and this made Greeks receptive to the religious systems of the Middle East, even if they never adopted them completely.

I tried to adopt a curled-up position to avoid damaging my limbs.

Why did the painter ask her to adopt that pose?

The girl was uncertain what to do, or what tone of voice to adopt.

Horses were adopted by peoples of the West African savannah, and later their powerful cavalry forces allowed them to carve out large empires.

Did you know that banjos are of African-American origin and that settlers in Appalachia adopted banjos for their folk music?

He was uncertain whether to write under his own name or adopt a pseudonym.

And that's probably why he adopted the women only classes.

And by far, the longest of the biographies, is that of Michelangelo, the painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculptor of the famous statue of David, whose work Vasari adopted as his benchmark, his reference point for evaluating everyone else's artwork.

Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops.

He has been adopted as Conservative candidate for the constituency of East Cheam.

There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.

The kitten kept turning up at our door, so eventually we adopted him.