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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

The bringing of the band of stuff to the great Isis, the mother of the god, for the obtainment of a happy year.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

He, doubtless, remembered the wrongs inflicted upon Esau, the cruel extortion of the birthright, and the fraudulent obtainment of the dying Isaac’s blessing.

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles