accommodating

• “But when that we speak of suffering, we do not speak of a dull and neglected suffering, but of a wise and industrious suffering, which draweth and contriveth use and advantage out of that which seemeth adverse and contrary; which is that properly which we call accommodating or applying.”

  The Advancement of Learning

• “DC was fantastic in accommodating the art we wanted.”

  DC Comics Super Heroes and Villains Fandex » Comics Worth Reading

• “Too many male programmers seem to have no interest in accommodating women, and far too many of the rest are unwilling to speak up about it.”

  Dear Fellow Rubyists « Dyepot, Teapot

• “There are other communities interested in accommodating a stadium facility, so I think we're very early in the process," Don Mazziotti, Paulson's development consultant, said Wednesday.”

  Jack Bog's Blog: September 2009 Archives

• “I think the committee as a whole was very courteous in accommodating all this but drew the line when this began to detract from the functioning of the committee.”

  Archive 2008-04-29

• “Mexicans don't generally travel with pets and the hotel industry is not very interested in accommodating those who do.”

  Traveling in Mexico with pets

• “How far do you go in accommodating these newcomers?”

  One's heart bleeds for the Grauniad

• “Most of the public bodies that have wrestled with the earthquake problem seem to have proven more successful so far in accommodating their own professional and bureaucratic habits than in doing things that would make a significant difference if a great earthquake should strike, say, next month.”

  The Trembling of the Earth

• “Moreover, the formal legal system, at least at the local level, was not hostile to their presence on these terms and exhibited a fair degree of flexibility in accommodating not just single and widowed women, but also those married women who presented themselves when the letter of the law refused to acknowledge them.”

  Gutenber-e Help Page

• “The Agreement went well beyond the norms of international conflict resolution in accommodating deep differences of view on how Northern Ireland should be run.”

  Northern Ireland--Open for Business

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