Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] accepted " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly she was later accepted by the very person who said this . |
| 2 | While she was under his protection she was grudgingly accepted by the rest of the gang . |
| 3 | Described as ‘ weak and difficult to deal with ’ , she was nonetheless accepted for Oldham Grammar School while living in one room with her mother — a ‘ mentally weak person ’ who worked night shifts . |
| 4 | She was still accepted here . |
| 5 | Of little scientific value , they were primarily accepted to favour the heirs of the benefactors . |
| 6 | The recommendations of the Royal Commission 's report of 1889 ( Chapter 6 ) were embodied in a Bill which was presented to Parliament , and needed to be introduced four times before it was finally accepted onto the Statute book . |
| 7 | It was finally accepted during the 1973 war between Israel and the surrounding Arab nations . |
| 8 | The American poet Marianne Moore said that she had sometimes to send a piece of work to forty different magazines before it was finally accepted . |
| 9 | It was nevertheless accepted for a number of years by the Trades Union Congress , which admitted it as an affiliated organisation until 1881 , when it was declared ineligible . |
| 10 | As in Miss Austen 's day it was universally accepted that a young unmarried man with a house and fortune was in need of a wife , so Mrs Girdlestone might have been beguiled into accepting a somewhat similar assumption that one elderly lady living alone is in need of an even more elderly lady to live with her ( prudently stipulating , however , the three months only , in case she should wish to draw back ) . |
| 11 | It was universally accepted that no man married merely for love , and many men and women no doubt made the best of the circumstances , and fell in love with their partners . |
| 12 | While it was generally accepted that the country was economically near bankruptcy and would need time and a continuation of generous American aid to effect recovery , few people doubted the economy could be rebuilt faster than that of devastated Europe and Japan . |
| 13 | At the Labour Party Conference of 1957 , it was generally accepted that to give up the independent nuclear deterrent would disable a future Labour government from pursuing a foreign policy not approved by Washington . |
| 14 | It was generally accepted that this was best achieved by attacking enemy tactical aircraft on their airfields . |
| 15 | When I was a student , the alkanes were known as methane , ethane , propane , butane , pentane etc , and it was generally accepted that not until pentane did the name indicate the number of carbon atoms involved . |
| 16 | In the Middle Ages it was generally accepted that women 's ears turned men on to the same extent as the more obvious feminine attributes ; that is why so may medieval headdresses ensured that women 's ears were discreetly covered . |
| 17 | His15 in S. faecalis HPr has a relatively low p K a ( 6.1 ) and it was generally accepted that this resulted from the direct interaction between the side chains of His15 and Arg17 . |
| 18 | And even though it was generally accepted that they , along with the better known chimps of East Africa , were our closest relatives , few would have guessed that their relationships would be , well , so very human . |
| 19 | It was generally accepted in mediaeval Europe that the earth lies at the centre of a finite universe and that the sun , planets and stars orbit around it . |
| 20 | This system of local government had much fine work to its credit but it was generally accepted that its structure had not changed enough to keep pace with the changing social pattern of travel to work , shopping and holiday areas . |
| 21 | At the start of this century it was generally accepted that the care and control of the mentally ill and subnormal should be a public responsibility . |
| 22 | And it was generally accepted that Grandad William Tallentire was capable of making his way in any society , so it really was n't a clear case of Grandma marrying beneath her . |
| 23 | It was generally accepted that the role of wife and mother was incompatible with a career , not only because of the time and energy required , but also because of the very different qualities and characteristics it demanded . |
| 24 | Though the election was carried out by the usual X-vote system which provided scope for tactical voting and complaints about vote splitting , it was generally accepted as a crushing defeat for Sunningdale . |
| 25 | Although the allies stressed that every effort was being made to minimize " collateral damage " , it was generally accepted that significant civilian casualties were inflicted during the air campaign . |
| 26 | By the end of 1990 it was generally accepted that the economy had entered a period of recession , although there remained significant differences over the depth and the likely duration of the downturn . |
| 27 | It was generally accepted , however , that the organization was in some disarray as a result of splits over revolutionary doctrine and personal leadership . |
| 28 | It was also accepted that repetition of the offences was unlikely . |
| 29 | Since in these cases incorporation and public benefit were intimately linked it was also accepted that there should be a measure of state control to ensure that private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good . |
| 30 | However , it was also accepted that such programs could be protected if not dictated by idea . |