There are lots of rules to follow, forms to fill out, licenses to obtain, job descriptions to be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

It is to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge because if human beings obtain knowledge, they will be like the gods,and that is unacceptable.

食用智慧树的果实,如果人类得到智慧,将与诸神无二,这当然是不能接受的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Further down the line, for example, in the blastocyst I talked about before, we could obtain cells from this inner cell mass or this cluster of cells that becomes the embryo.

沿着这条线看,举个例子,就是我之前提到过的囊胚,我们可以取一些内细胞群的细胞,这种能成为胚胎的细胞群

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Gates said the U.S.and Israel are in full agreement on the negative consequences of having Iran obtain nuclear weapons capabilities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

The Russian leader said the purpose of the negotiating process with Iran is to obtain clear guarantees about the transparency of its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Most Americans would be required to obtain some form of insurance or face financial penalties.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

He says he is sending the code back to the legislature for a second reading so that it can obtain the support and understanding of Mali's citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"Using x-ray crystallography to obtain snapshots of the ribosome in action, they have been able to explain how the ribosome selects and couples together amino acids to form proteins."

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

"The lack of access is also affecting the ability of the Afghan population to obtain the necessary medical assistance and basic services, which they need,and which they are increasingly not getting,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

A lack of access to Cuba,says GAO, has made it difficult to obtain nationally representative data on audience size, and decision-makers have had limited information to assess the relative success or return on investment for each transmission method.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18