Examples of 'were adopted' in a sentence

Meaning of "were adopted"

were adopted: This phrase refers to the act of legally assuming parental responsibility for a child who is not one's biological offspring. It suggests that someone has chosen to become the legal parent of another person's child

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were adopted
Laws were adopted during the reporting period.
The three decisions were adopted at the meeting.
No further articles of the draft declaration were adopted.
Two scenarios were adopted for this purpose.
The minutes of the last meeting were adopted.
The other sections were adopted without a vote.
She was telling people that you were adopted.
The draft decisions were adopted without a vote.
The following decisions and recommendations were adopted.
The following motions were adopted at the meeting.
The texts prepared by the secretariat were adopted.
The draft resolutions were adopted without a vote.
The conclusions and recommendations as a whole were adopted.
Similar provisions were adopted for provincial parliaments.
The following laws and regulations were adopted.

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No legislative amendments were adopted in the reference period.
The amendments from the corrigendum were adopted.
The proposals were adopted except as indicated below.
The terms of reference and agenda were adopted.
All the resolutions were adopted by a large majority.
Over time additional tax regulations were adopted.
All the resolutions were adopted by a significant majority.
All of the reports by members at large were adopted.
A number of regulations were adopted for that purpose.
The first three preambular paragraphs were adopted.
The following amendments were adopted by a majority vote.
The statutes and rules of procedure were adopted.
The two amendments were adopted as they stood.
The agenda and programme of work were adopted.
The recommendations were adopted by a regional fisheries organisation.
Measures on restructuring the data collected were adopted.
The following opinions were adopted at the session.
The proposed arrangements and schedule were adopted.
A number of other items were adopted without discussion.
All recommendations made by the commission were adopted.
The following amendments were adopted by the assembly.
Another statistic is that nine resolutions were adopted.
A number of measures were adopted to achieve this objective.
A number of technical or linguistic amendments were adopted instantly.
Cell phones were adopted in about eight years.
I am pleased that so many of my amendments were adopted in committee.
The minutes were adopted with this amendment.
The date when the statutes were adopted.
Similar provisions were adopted in lhe environmental field.
By successive votes the following were adopted.
All these paragraphs were adopted by comfortable majority.
All of the measures passed and were adopted.
Other resolutions were adopted on current assistance operations.
They were invaluable to explorers and were adopted by pioneers.
Cutoff points were adopted according to education level.

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