Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] accepted [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Once they were over the shock she was accepted as being a decorative new addition to the team .
2 But now , after three years , they are accepted and respected and relied upon .
3 There is a danger of assuming that the Japanese have not rejected the contemporary institutions of collectivism because they are accepted as ideal .
4 Yeah they 're accepted and the the language developing is developing more quickly than that so they want to get the stuff into dictionaries
5 There are different versions of how they got to Japan , but eventually they were accepted as useful allies and were sent back to recruit more potential fighters in Rangoon .
6 All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured .
7 If compulsion is not to be the order of the day where the business itself is transferred , can it be accepted when the transfer is of the company which owns the business ?
8 There are some whose function has stimulated less comment such as tweezers found in male graves ; if it were accepted that they were primarily depilatory we must consider their role in the alteration of the physical appearance of men and women as a cultural trait .
9 If it were accepted that the parties have no legal rights and duties under a political treaty , then even less could the legal position of third parties be affected by it .
10 If it were accepted that the language of the Convention demonstrates an intention to establish a permanent regime for freer global communications upon which all States could rely , the United States could claim the benefits of transit passage without having to prove that that concept had itself become customary international law .
11 The first issue is whether , it being accepted that the signature on the transfer is that of Mrs. Steed , the defendant can repudiate the transfer under the doctrine of non est factum .
12 It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds .
13 It 's accepted that doctors do n't look after their own families .
14 Even if it is accepted that there is now overwhelming evidence that we possess a body clock , it will appear to have little use .
15 It is accepted that not every ‘ foul ’ committed in breach of the rules amounts to a crime , and it seems to be assumed that players do , and may lawfully , consent to physical force over and above the minimum permitted by the rules .
16 It is accepted that the energy crisis is permanent and may intensify .
17 This problem has been reduced now that schools are required to make some attempt at formulating longer-term school development plans , although it is accepted that they will act as flexible guidelines .
18 Thus it is accepted that without good discipline in a school the standard of teaching and learning , and thus the achievements of both teachers and pupils , will suffer .
19 The extent to which these problems will be tolerated , and the measures adopted for dealing with them , will vary from school to school , and it is accepted that it would be impossible to lay down precise rules about the steps to be taken .
20 It is accepted that there may be interactions between supposedly distinct stimuli when they are presented simultaneously .
21 It is accepted that some 10 to 15 per cent of cases are seen outside the clinics by private or general practitioners , and it is unusual for these cases to be reported to the Department of Health .
22 Library use is never evenly distributed throughout the stock , and it is accepted that some stock categories will only be used by a small number of readers .
23 It is accepted that this : may mean that sometimes an employee will get a bit less than he might have expected ; it may mean that sometimes an employer will have to pay a little more than he had expected .
24 However , even if it is accepted that IIAs are marginal to the prospects of urban economic development and employment creation , it seems evident that some approaches to industrial improvement are more successful than others .
25 It is accepted that what separates us from the other creatures sharing our planet is our capacity to think .
26 If it is accepted that general management is still gathering momentum , more may yet be to come .
27 If it is accepted that these moves are taking place , and there seems little doubt that they are , the question remains as to what significance they have , and what they imply .
28 It seems to me quite arbitrary to disallow man-made machines this ability , when it is accepted that men are machines , and that such an unknown machine as a Martian may also perceive meanings .
29 This thought can be entertained only if it is accepted that the universe is eternal and timeless , and the theory of a once only chance association of circumstances causing life , be abandoned .
30 It is of no consequence once it is accepted that the God to serve humanity originated at the moment that life first became manifest , and combined with the material of the universe to start the long process of producing living creatures with the capacity to enjoy life and all that that involves .
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