Example sentences of "would be acceptable to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the French proclaimed the Republic of Greater Lebanon in 1926 , they proposed a Greek Orthodox as president , because he would be acceptable to Muslims , as well as trusted by the French and the Maronites . |
| 2 | Other players could still enter the contest , but it is increasingly unlikely that any would be acceptable to the United board . |
| 3 | One day as she tripped forward to greet me I had , without pausing to wonder if my embrace would be acceptable to her , bent down and kissed her . |
| 4 | Labour has at least two good candidates : Mr Harold Walker , deputy to Speaker Weatherill , and Miss Betty Boothroyd , who has proved her competence in the chair and would be acceptable to all parties . |
| 5 | They could dictate not only the content of particular syllabuses , but the combination of A levels that would be acceptable to university faculties . |
| 6 | Clive Hollands , secretary of the committee for Reform of Animal Experimentation said that these safeguards represented the minimum of measures which would be acceptable to public opinion . |
| 7 | Company official believe a 140mph top speed , coupled with a 0–60mph time of less than 7.0secs and achievable all-round fuel consumption in the 22–28mpg range , would be acceptable to the market of 1996 . |
| 8 | Consequently , Lord Haldane was careful to present his Army reforms as designed to create ‘ an Imperial police force which can be sent on small expeditions , on short notice ’ — a rationale which , he calculated , would be acceptable to most pacifists . |
| 9 | All might preserve some religious truth and meaning , but none could be allowed to make any absolute claims , though each would be acceptable to the extent — but only to the extent — that it conformed or could be made to conform to the standard of natural religion , conceived of as a set of beliefs or principles which could stand very well on their own feet . |
| 10 | One of Elizabeth I 's primary objectives in devising the religious settlement of 1559 was the creation of a broad Protestant consensus which would be acceptable to the great majority of her subjects . |
| 11 | In particular , the realistic novel had played an important part in shaping Progressive America and the themes of those novels were taken up in Hollywood as the studios struggled to find a formula for fiction films that would be acceptable to the highly politicized cities of the East and Midwest . |
| 12 | Equally , the office had to be filled by a gentleman who would be acceptable to the majority of the county , and would preferably gain general acceptance , for anything less than that once again raised the spectre of potential hostility at the following parliamentary election . |
| 13 | … first of all I agree that a £5 annual fee for The Lifeboat seems to be very reasonable and would be acceptable to most readers . |
| 14 | However , his candidature in 1911 had been aided by three factors : he was a Conservative rather than a Liberal Unionist , but he was the sort of Conservative who would be acceptable to Liberal Unionists as well ; he was a diehard in opinion , but he had remained loyal to Balfour 's policy throughout the recent twists and turns ; and he had staked a claim by his abandonment of his safe London seat to fight North-West Manchester in December 1910 ( at no real risk , for an alternative safe seat was always available to him if and when he lost ) . |
| 15 | Various agreements have been sought for a graphics data standard which would be acceptable to all suppliers and major users . |
| 16 | Both sides undertook to take steps to implement these proposals once the British government had established that they would be acceptable to the people of Rhodesia as a whole . |
| 17 | This in an ordinary way would not have mattered , but it mattered in this particular case and mattered quite fatally , because at various stages of the discussion , when we seemed to be reaching an agreement , I pressed Mr Smith about whether there was any likelihood , whatever the agreement was , that it would be acceptable to the entire population of Rhodesia , which the British government had laid down as a precondition . |
| 18 | It was in 1972 , after I had trekked to and from Rhodesia on several occasions , and the mission in which I was involved appeared to be a triumphant success , that I received a letter from Ted Heath , who asked whether it would be acceptable to me to receive a CH ( Companion of Honour ) . |
| 19 | We wonder , however , whether a surveillance arm would be acceptable to many ethics committees and patients now that informed consent is mandatory . |
| 20 | However , despite all the rhetoric , the West , particularly the US , has little intrinsic interest in resolutions that would be acceptable to the Arab world — which it , in any case , persists in considering as virtually irrelevant to future security arrangements . |
| 21 | But he reaffirmed that no ‘ Finnish solution ’ or ‘ conspiracy of accommodation ’ made by the superpowers from outside would be acceptable to the mujahidin or considered binding on them . |
| 22 | They will be shrewd judges of what would be acceptable to the House and the country and what would not . |
| 23 | Will he seriously consider whether that sort of amendment would be acceptable to everyone ? |
| 24 | It was widely believed that all restrictions on economic relations would be removed once an appropriate formula of agreement could be devised which would be acceptable to nationalist sensitivities . |
| 25 | Although he lacked the impeccable conservative credentials of Sununu , it was generally believed that Skinner would be acceptable to the right wing of the Republican Party . |
| 26 | Under such circumstances it was normally assumed that , although the Monarch would probably seek advice in order to discover what persons would be acceptable to the party in power , yet for the final choice she alone was morally and constitutionally responsible . |
| 27 | Erm and what I would like to do , that paper was written by Mr , erm our research officer and perhaps after I 've made one or two general remarks , he could give you the flavour erm of of of the difference as we as we see , if that would be acceptable to you ? |
| 28 | To avoid duplication , where Newco 's lawyers are undertaking their own investigations , it may be appropriate for them to prepare a report and address it to the investors , provided the investors ' lawyers review the work carried out by the Newco 's lawyers ; however , it is unlikely that such a course would be acceptable to the bank . |
| 29 | Would doing that which would be acceptable to you , |
| 30 | More , I believe , than would be acceptable to people , so that nuclear power in itself will never be the solution to our energy problems . |