Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adv] accepted " in BNC.
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| 1 | All software should be formally accepted by Computer Services and microcomputer software should be tested to the satisfaction of Computer Services staff on a standalone microcomputer in the user 's own department . |
| 2 | Finally , though it must be generally accepted that individuals can not be protected from foolish actions based on an inadequate knowledge of the law , the situation following the 1954 Act was so complex and , because of the inevitable unpredictability of the necessity for compulsory purchase , so risky that it appeared likely ( in retrospect at least ) that public opinion would demand a further change . |
| 3 | This , the First Premise , must be fully accepted . |
| 4 | So understood , Quine is unsympathetic to the Peircean doctrine that we hold our scientific ‘ opinions ’ at arm 's length : at least some of our scientific beliefs must be fully accepted . |
| 5 | The original store of ‘ goodness ’ which was created by evolution , and which must be axiomatically accepted as ‘ good' ’ within the minds of men if the Created God is to become a reality , acquired its first unit of man-made ‘ goodness ’ as the first product of civilisation . |
| 6 | To give parables to very young children for example is likely to be unhelpful unless they are done in a particularly skilful way , because they might be just accepted as a story ( Ainsworth 1968 ) . |
| 7 | Even at the level of government and political thinking , where the ‘ laws of economics ’ might be increasingly accepted , the conflict was stark . |
| 8 | Reverend Pinkerton thinks she 'll be readily accepted . |
| 9 | While it was true that all religions were imperfect and that Hinduism was no different from Christianity in this respect , it did not follow that the Christian claim ‘ Jesus is the only son of God ’ could be universally accepted . |
| 10 | I have already cast some doubt on point ( b ) , or at least on the political effects which Marx assumed would be consequent on the concentration of labour ( Chapter 1 ) , while in the discussion of planning I argued that although point ( a ) may be broadly accepted it is by no means unproblematic , particularly given the fact that large-scale enterprises increasingly straddle national boundaries . |
| 11 | The summary may be totally accepted as a basis for decision . |
| 12 | ’ A little consideration will , I hope , show you your mistake , and prove that a petition may be graciously accepted , when its particular object is not granted . |
| 13 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 14 | Lads and lassies who were newly hired locally would be readily accepted when they turned up , looking for a bit of company and conversation . |
| 15 | At all 18 measurements , the mean SpO value was above 91% , which would be readily accepted as sufficient oxygenation . |
| 16 | Any information you can let me have would be gratefully accepted . |
| 17 | Any information you can let me have would be gratefully accepted . |
| 18 | Support from other UK insurance companies has been mixed — ‘ it is a very conservative sector ’ , he says — and it is too early to say whether the method will be generally accepted . |
| 19 | The Wolfenden Committee , in distinguishing between public and private behaviour , also drew a distinction between ‘ crime ’ and ‘ sin ’ , and concluded that ‘ as a general proposition it will be universally accepted that the law is not concerned with private morals or ethical sanctions ’ , and further , ‘ it is not the duty of the law to concern itself with immorality as such … it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order and decency and expose the ordinary citizen to what is offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 20 | You buy a ‘ Wundercheck ’ voucher for each night of your planned stay and this voucher will be warmly accepted as payment at any of some 96 hotels all over Germany , including the New Federal States ( see page 20 ) participating in the scheme . |
| 21 | The pre-emption thesis will be readily accepted inasmuch as it concerns successful authoritative directives , i.e. those which correctly reflect the balance of reasons on which they depend . |
| 22 | Or the signal can be both accepted and questioned . |
| 23 | Because of the huge variation in archaeological sites , and the features found on them , many more experiments of this nature need to be done , and comparisons between them made , before the accuracy of interpretations of excavated features can be reliably accepted . |
| 24 | Disengagement is not something that should be avoided , but is part of the natural process of ageing which can be readily accepted . |
| 25 | As we have seen , such claims require more precise demonstration before they can be readily accepted and Olson would not be justified in using the facility of written English to ‘ disambiguate ’ some units of structure , such as sentences and words , as proof of its overcoming ambiguity . |
| 26 | Now that he has shown courage in adversity and survived a potential tragedy , he can be safely accepted as a national hero . |