"They would need to adopt economic reform programs first," he added.

"The city still needs to adopt and incorporate a debt management plan, of which this would be an important part."

The community needs to adopt the plan as an official statement of policy in order for it to take effect.

You need to adopt the body language, the speaking voice.

To make sense of it, though, you need to adopt a wider perspective.

At times, we even need to adopt a firm stance.

We need to adopt measures in order to map out financial risks.

Of course we need to adopt a common approach.

Secondly, we need to adopt a plan for economic renewal.

Here too, we need to adopt a more relative or qualified approach.