Example sentences of "[be] [adv] accept as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly the curriculum ‘ must promote development in all the main areas of learning and experience which are widely accepted as important ’ . |
| 2 | They have to be subjected to a rigorous trial by doubt , and only those considered ‘ indubitable ’ or ‘ certain beyond any shadow of doubt ’ are finally accepted as true . |
| 3 | Their fossil remains seem to occur with other animals and plants , which are generally accepted as terrestrial . |
| 4 | If crime and disorder follow a U-shape pattern of long-term change , the legitimacy of the police — the extent to which they are broadly accepted as valid in mission and methods — has followed an inverse path : an upside-down U. Starting from the widespread opposition encountered at the birth of the new police , opposition gradually came to be located primarily within the less ‘ respectable ’ sections of the working class , as well as in the wider working class during periods of labour conflict . |
| 5 | Books which , in pre-jacket days , would not have passed any reader are now accepted as long as the ‘ presentation ’ is right . |
| 6 | But it seems to be widely accepted as inevitable that indiscipline will not be eradicated , no matter how positive or imaginative the school tries to be ; hence the need to be able to apply sanctions and punishments , ‘ to register disapproval of unacceptable behaviour and as a last resort to protect the necessary authority of teachers and the stability of the school system ’ . |
| 7 | Even if these criteria were generally accepted as determinative , there is no evidence that all ( or even any ) of these factors were present in the contracts between the creditors and the Tin Council . |
| 8 | Wine produced by this method is generally accepted as superior to sparklers produced by other less expensive means which are usually known as vin Mousseaux . |
| 9 | Elsewhere , as in Australia , ‘ the half-trained pianist is often accepted as sufficient for the task ’ . |
| 10 | The method of comparison which is increasingly accepted as most ‘ rational ’ , at least by large-scale enterprises with sophisticated calculation procedures , involves discounting future revenues ( or costs ) at a rate of discount equal to the ‘ cost of ( money ) capital ’ to the enterprise . |
| 11 | War is popularly perceived as part and parcel of what it means to be human , and , with ever increasing deadly weapons , the devastating impact of war is consequently accepted as inevitable . |
| 12 | The first limb is universally accepted as legitimate ; the second , though having the merit of expanding the scope of the Convention , has been criticized on various grounds . |
| 13 | The tale of phantom archers from Agincourt aiding British troops was widely accepted as factual , and by the summer of 1915 the legend of the ‘ Angels of Mons ’ had swept the country . |
| 14 | In 1666 , many saw the Fire of London as the work of Catholic conspirators , and a decade later the revelation of an alleged ‘ Popish Plot ’ to assassinate Charles II was readily accepted as further evidence of the seriousness of the threat posed to the English state and church by international Catholic plotting . |