Example sentences of "acceptable to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In simple terms , sponsorship of the Universities ' Athletic Union rugby championship alone is not acceptable to the UAU 's hierarchy , who seek money for all student sporting activities and are looking for something in the region of £100,000 to spread around . |
| 2 | Alun Evans , secretary of the Welsh football association who doubles up as chairman of the UAU committee , said : ‘ I was informed by the chairman of the UAU rugby committee that he was discussing the possible sponsorship of its championship and I received a copy of a proposal … it contained a number of features which were not acceptable to the union and it was therefore with great surprise that we learned a launch for the sponsorship had been called and it was decided that the union could not agree to this action . ’ |
| 3 | There are areas that are perfectly acceptable to the travelling people who use York . |
| 4 | Other players could still enter the contest , but it is increasingly unlikely that any would be acceptable to the United board . |
| 5 | Another reason , according to the same financier , was that ‘ at least two of his backers were not acceptable to the United board , while the third was so murky it was not even clear who it was . ’ |
| 6 | This has been done to demonstrate that the charitable assets of the Association are being utilised within an appropriate framework that is acceptable to the Charity Commission . |
| 7 | At last , a sensible coupe with terrific looks and a main car-maker 's badge to make it acceptable to the company accountant and accessible to the ordinary man or woman . |
| 8 | When these offers were received , it was apparent that the lowest tender considerably exceeded the cost acceptable to the Housing Corporation , who insisted that savings of £170,000 should be made before this lowest price could be accepted . |
| 9 | ‘ Chairman and chief executive Paul Myners claims that Gartmore would only be sold to a party acceptable to the management . |
| 10 | Mr Jan Urban , a leading activist of Forum , arguably the most potent political force in the country , indicated that a Communist prime minister was acceptable to the opposition but that the Forum would now demand a new non-Communist president to replace Mr Husak . |
| 11 | Research groups in Europe and the US have been concentrating on altering the genetic structure of certain animals to make their organs more acceptable to the human body . |
| 12 | ‘ Realistic ’ seems to mean negotiation acceptable to the FMLN and to the Salvadorean army , which would have to participate to ensure that any subsequent deal should stick . ’ |
| 13 | Instead of worrying about how to make the RUC acceptable to the minority , O'Neill should have been using the legitimate power of the state to crush an illegal insurrection . |
| 14 | In an attempt to make the RUC more acceptable to the minority , its leadership structure was radically altered , outsiders were brought in to train and lead it , and the B Special Constabulary was disbanded to be replaced by the Ulster Defence Regiment under army command . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that Hitler 's anti-Semitism , perceived as it was chiefly in connection with legal discrimination against Jews , was acceptable to the millions of his admirers . |
| 16 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
| 17 | Maybe he could not ; but North 's notebooks contain the entry ‘ IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE BANANA , THEN ORANGES ARE READY TO PROCEED ’ . |
| 18 | Disraeli was acceptable to the salons , Mr Kinnock to the talk shows . |
| 19 | And we have a right to ask you , as the creator of the tool , not only whether the way you are forging it is acceptable to the dignity of man , but whether the results can be safely presented to the world . ’ |
| 20 | Negative methods of responding in marking are likely to produce sterile , cumulative consequences in a child 's writing : pupils quickly discern what is acceptable to the teacher and merely aim to fulfil those expectations . |
| 21 | A first move in such cases is to establish which alternative uses will be acceptable to the local planning authority . |
| 22 | When the child caught this later and went off her food , I found that tiny Marmite sandwiches handed over whilst I pushed the pram round Wood Green and along the New Yatt Road , seemed to be acceptable to the invalid . |
| 23 | Pupils themselves disliked the way that they had previously been divided from one another ; and although there had been considerable advances made in the early 1980s in running joint CSE/GCE courses and examinations , these were patchy and voluntary , and unlikely to have been acceptable to the more academic of those who had an interest in the outcome of the examinations , especially the universities . |
| 24 | But these were never acceptable to the universities . |
| 25 | Moreover , the Council itself was widely regarded as dangerously left-wing , dominated not just by teachers , but by teachers acceptable to the furthest left of the teachers ' unions , the NUT ( itself then containing large proportion of primary school teachers , without university connections ) . |
| 26 | The idea of testing is , therefore , in some ways acceptable to the DES . |
| 27 | Unlike her father , he would have been useless if she had defaulted with her payments ; but he was acceptable to the store . |
| 28 | But ultimately we shall have to face the facts about whether or not whaling is acceptable to the peoples of the world or not . |
| 29 | It was a style which many of the country 's administrators were familiar with , from their visits to France , and its classical origins made it acceptable to the cultured amateur . |
| 30 | An importer might be able to make payment in his own domestic currency if this is acceptable to the exporter . |