Example sentences of "[prep] [be] acceptable to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was done to achieve this elusive parity of esteem which was required if the new schools were to be acceptable to parents and pupils ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It no longer needed the wealthy connoisseur for his erudition , it had acquired the relevant expertise into its own hands , but it still needed his recognition to be acceptable to society . |
| 4 | That clearly is not going to be acceptable to those authorities . |
| 5 | Daffodil Quentin seems to be acceptable to the other owners , who of course probably do n't know about her three dead horses . |
| 6 | As a result a policy has been arrived at that appears to be acceptable to the majority . |
| 7 | It 's like the attitude that you have to be good and religious , think the right thoughts , wear the right clothes , believe the right things , come from the right background , if you are in any way to be acceptable to God . |
| 8 | Since the knowledge required will be prescribed , the tendency will be ( as it has always been in teaching ) to present it in such a form as to be acceptable to the average child . |
| 9 | Performance is not breathtaking but it 's going to be acceptable to most people . |
| 10 | For this to be acceptable to teachers they have to have confidence in the ability and independence of the inspectors : independence , that is , from the education authorities who are their employers . |
| 11 | Sjahrir seemed more likely to be acceptable to the Dutch government and late in November he indicated his willingness to begin ‘ tripartite ’ negotiations . |
| 12 | It was merely a passage ( sufficiently relevant to be acceptable to the judge as a subject of cross-examination ) that could be used to raise doubts in the minds of those in Court as to your ability to pronounce on the matter under trial . |
| 13 | I was certainly to do with feeling that I would have to be a little bit slimmer , that I would have to be acceptable to other people , that I would have to change my shape and at the same time , I could not resist consuming large amounts of food . |
| 14 | Spontaneous and unrehearsed music seems to be acceptable to clergy who do not know about music . |
| 15 | While the Guidelines are merely informative of how the Justice Department approaches merger situations , and do not bind the Department , the Federal Trade Commission , or private litigants , they are helpful to firms and their advisers in assessing whether a particular merger is likely to be acceptable to the competition authorities . |
| 16 | Typically a multi-speaker recognition system , the only sort that is going to be acceptable to users , will allow between 20 and 30 words to be recognised at a time with a success rate of around 85 to 90% . |
| 17 | Gathering accurate information and perceptions on which to base our work has been a time consuming and laborious exercise but we have all learnt a great deal in the process and the model which has emerged appears to be acceptable to all of those who have been involved and the information networks have begun to do their time honoured job . |
| 18 | Other differences flow from the fact that whereas the rights of shareholders depend mainly on the provision of the company 's articles , which will have been drafted in the interests of the company , those of debentureholders depend upon the terms of a contract between lender and borrower and its terms will have to be acceptable to the lender . |
| 19 | We might be able to assist the Secretary of State , although this is unlikely to be acceptable to him or the Consortium . |
| 20 | This was assumed to mean that before the British Parliament was asked to ratify , there would need to be a clear plan for addressing the Danish veto which was likely to be acceptable to the Danish people . |
| 21 | Given that such a view is unlikely to be acceptable to the scientific community , it is suggested that the funding authorities should give consideration to the fundamental purposes underlying Ph D research , and to output measures of the value of such work to the community . |
| 22 | It was widely felt that Théodore , a bitter critic of Aristide who wished severely to restrict his future powers , was not guaranteed to be acceptable to the army or business sectors which were not expected easily to drop their opposition to Aristide 's return . |
| 23 | Given that such a view is unlikely to be acceptable to the scientific community , it is suggested that the funding authorities should give consideration to the fundamental purposes underlying Ph D research , and to output measures of the value of such work to the community . |
| 24 | Secondly , we need to thoroughly review the long term future of our own examination system which willprobably need to be pitched at degree level to be acceptable to the Privy Council . |
| 25 | However , increasing use of the structural Funds and institutional arrangements to aid the market process may be more likely to be acceptable to all the member states , as the success of Germany and Japan ( who practise considerable intervention in their economies ) , has indicated the benefits of using such policies . |
| 26 | It appears to me that any articles published in a program probably would n't be the ones with , well shall we say ‘ less than polite ’ , references to other clubs/players … and even if they were they could be censored so as to be acceptable to the general public . |
| 27 | On the face of it this is unlikely to be acceptable to the vendor since in effect it gives an option to purchase , though it may be more acceptable if the period allowed for preparing the report is short . |
| 28 | In cases where the terms are likely to be subjected to such scrutiny , they must therefore be sufficiently balanced to be acceptable to the client 's trading partners . |
| 29 | An alternative procedure which appears to be acceptable to HM Land Registry is to apply for office copies of the registered title ( Form 109 ) ; this incurs the same fee ( £8 ) as an index map search , and following the Land Registration ( Open Register ) Rules 1991 it is not necessary to specify the name of the proprietor ; if the land is not registered the application will be rejected , but if it is registered the receipt of office copies gives the opportunity to check the charges register for mortgages . |
| 30 | It was implied , rightly as it happened , that such a policy was unlikely to be acceptable to the National Government and that a broad alliance must be formed in Britain to replace the Chamberlain administration . |