Which preposition to use with adoption

of Occurrences 740%

By the adoption of these essential rules, and by adding a good deal of incivility, you will soon reach the top of the wheel of your profession and in due time have a testimonial presented to you by an admiring and grateful public.

by Occurrences 37%

Indeed, as the document was ready for signature, it became a grave question whether the remnant which remained had sufficient faith in their own work to subscribe their names, and if they failed to do so its adoption by the people would have been impossible.

in Occurrences 12%

Convoy sailing was, as has been stated, the recognized method of trade protection in the old wars, and this was a strong argument in favour of its adoption in the late war.

into Occurrences 8%

We are in Christ when we believe in him and are accepted through the merit of his blood and brought by adoption into the family of God, but not until he abides in our hearts shall our lives become as beautiful as God means them to be.

as Occurrences 3%

It was therefore fairly presumed that the river line presented, in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, advantages sufficient to counterbalance any loss of territory by either party that would follow its adoption as a boundary.

for Occurrences 2%

We do not here intend to deal at any length with the arguments for and against the Charlier as regards its adoption for general use.

on Occurrences 2%

Of the terms of art I have received such as could be found either in books of science or technical dictionaries; and have often inserted, from philosophical writers, words which are supported, perhaps, only by a single authority, and which, being not admitted into general use, stand yet as candidates or probationers, and must depend for their adoption on the suffrage of futurity.

to Occurrences 2%

Canning, Lord, grants the right of adoption to the Hindoo feudatories.

with Occurrences 2%

"All these are most encouraging prospects; there is, indeed, nothing that has arisen to throw any insurmountable obstacle in the way of its adoption with complete success; and for all this I ought to feel gratitude, and I wish to acknowledge it before Him to whom gratitude is due.

without Occurrences 1%

In later times, a father could not give his son or daughter to another by adoption without their consent.

at Occurrences 1%

" In addition to the petition, Mr Fernie, who presented it, stated "that the inhabitants (whom he represented) had satisfied themselves of the advantages of wood paving before they wished its adoption at their own doors.

under Occurrences 1%

This Magna Charta was confirmed and ratified something like thirty times between the time of its adoption under John and the time it got established so completely that it wasn't necessary to ratify it any more.

throughout Occurrences 1%

My faith is not only unshaken in its eventual adoption throughout the world, but it is confirmed by every new discovery in the science of electricity.

Which preposition to use with  adoption