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For all samples, following consent obtainment, about 2–5 ml of venous blood was obtained and then diluted with one volume of PBS.

From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017

Make the ammunition outrageously expensive and people will be more inclined to take measures to prevent its theft, if that is what you mean by illegal obtainment.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2016

Maintenance of an adequate army and navy until an agreement for a sweeping reduction of military and naval programs is obtained; obtainment of such an agreement.

From Time Magazine Archive

We rather observe that houses, palaces, couches, pleasure-grounds, and the like—things which according to circumstances are conducive to the obtainment of pleasure or the avoidance of pain—are made by workmen endowed with intelligence.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George

Postgate, John.—This name should be honoured in every household for a life's exertion in the obtainment of purity in what we eat and drink.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.