Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] accept [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people . |
| 2 | She knew that he had been Eddie 's best friend — that was why she 'd always found it so hard to accept that he could have deliberately driven her brother off the track . |
| 3 | ‘ Why is it so hard to accept that I could feel all that too ? ’ |
| 4 | Anglican Bishop Hugh Montefiore is less keen to accept that his church is losing influence . |
| 5 | Yet even when they see Japanese methods being successfully introduced to this country , British managers are still reluctant to accept that they too could try co-operation with the workforce in place of confrontation . |
| 6 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 7 | In previous sessions , Mr E had already shown himself , through his constant ‘ yes , but … ’ interjections , as the group 's resident ‘ butter-in ’ , breezily polite but seemingly unable to accept that anything that was being suggested would work . |
| 8 | I 'm quite prepared to accept that you 're Miss Fanshawe now , Miss Fanshawe , ’ Wexford said . |
| 9 | A factor which could facilitate this process is the selection of chairmen and members in sympathy with the government 's aims for the NHS , or at least willing to accept that its views are paramount . |
| 10 | The landowners ' letters to the Home Secretary revealed the extent to which they were initially unable to accept that their labourers were more than usually discontented ; according to the more alarmist gentry , ‘ travelling incendiaries respectably attired ’ were racing round the area in fast carriages , firing incendiary pellets from slings or crossbows into haystacks . |
| 11 | Most recent historians would agree that the Hammonds were much too reluctant to accept that there was even serious talk of revolution , although the majority do not go so far as Thompson in their assessment of the seriousness of the threat . |