Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] accepted [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is now so widely accepted that it seems less like a theory , or even a theoretical framework , than a piece of common sense ; and in one form or another it encompasses the views of the majority of Anglo-American philosophers and neuroscientists about the basis of consciousness or , at the very least , of perception . |
| 2 | What evidence is there to show that the system of law and democracy in the European Community is so well established and so widely accepted that it should supersede the means by which we have governed ourselves peacefully through several centuries of war and revolution on the Continent ? |
| 3 | If one were to peruse the extensive range of surveys of the applications of the rational expectations hypothesis to macroeconomics , one would come across a different framework of analysis , one which is so widely accepted that it is rarely explained in any detail , still less is its theoretical basis probed critically or its conclusions called into question . |
| 4 | And a decade later , when the term ‘ has-been ’ seemed almost an understatement , she not only gratefully accepted but gleefully flung herself into the high camp , Low Gothic shenanigans of Robert Aldrich 's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane ? ( 1962 ) , in which , with a gloating relish that neither her baby-doll fright wig nor her impenetrable pancake make-up could conceal , she set about tormenting her immemorial screen rival and alter ego ( or egoist ) , Joan Crawford . |
| 5 | These are the widespread fictions or myths about the language , some of which are so universally accepted as to be pedagogical orthodoxy . |
| 6 | Locke could have learnt from his Carolina experience that the old English approach to property , based on the tenants ' allegiance to the landlord , was no longer fully accepted and certainly was not suitable for export to a new territory . |
| 7 | That said , Hillary has already reluctantly accepted that she will not land a government position . |
| 8 | It was still widely accepted that only major rulers ( kings and the republic of Venice ) could send and receive ambassadors ; and it was not clear until at least the later sixteenth century that the status of a diplomat depended on his position in this still embryonic hierarchy of ranks and not , irrespective of his title , on the standing of the ruler he represented . |
| 9 | It is now more widely accepted that the hounds are , in fact , night-flying geese . |
| 10 | Because in recent years hypnosis has tended to leave behind its mystical and Svengali-related image — and also because complementary medicine in general is far more widely accepted than it used to be — many people are less worried about the whole concept than before . |
| 11 | Thanks to , among others , John Robinson and the radical theologians , however , the way has been paved for humanist concerns to become more widely accepted and for the established Church to lose its importance in the areas of both public and private morality . |
| 12 | Its estimates of job losses in the ferry ports are still broadly accepted although there is little evidence of much decline as yet . |
| 13 | In practice , this largely means freezing out local authority representatives and the relevant trade unions , which , compared to south of the border , are more generally accepted as deserving a place in public life . |
| 14 | Comparatively few consultants had directly approached search firms for a job , but this is becoming more the case , especially in the USA , and will become more common as executive search becomes more generally accepted and regarded as an attractive career in its own right . |
| 15 | More usually , however , the denial of the sex motive is more readily accepted if there is an alternative explanation . |
| 16 | However , it can be seen that her presence could be more readily accepted if there were comparable Commissioners in existence , assisting in areas other than those involving trade union members and their unions . |
| 17 | For it was still universally accepted that the academic type of education offered at such schools was the best . |
| 18 | It has been calculated that , at some point in her life , one woman in five will be infected with this parasite and it is also generally accepted that the organism is almost exclusively sexually transmitted . |
| 19 | It is also generally accepted that during the fourth century not only were units of a field army serving in Britain but also regular troops were acting as urban garrisons . |
| 20 | It was later generally accepted that he was suffering from multiple neurofibromatosis ( von Recklinghausen 's disease ) , a very rare and incurable disease characterized by the tendency to form neurofibromas ( tumours of the nerve and fibrous tissue ) . |
| 21 | Equally , it appears that the Cambridge Board also tacitly accepted that although he was its tutor , Shearman 's personal commitment to the WEA meant that provision of courses in Bedfordshire was arranged through the WEA county Federation and thus exclusively organised by the District . |
| 22 | It is now widely accepted that the thrust of EC farm support must move towards direct payments to farmers . |
| 23 | It is now widely accepted that this was the main cause of the rise in population . |
| 24 | It is now widely accepted that accounts preparation work can provide a significant measure of audit assurance . |
| 25 | However , it is now widely accepted that there are powerful forces of which we are not aware which influence our behaviour . |
| 26 | It is now widely accepted that since the era of competitive liberal capitalism , fundamental changes have taken place , particularly as regards the increasingly interventionist role of the state . |
| 27 | While it is now widely accepted that an effective solution should rely in major part on a co-ordinated interagency and interprofessional effort ( DHSS , 1988 ) , the possibilities range from those that provide immediate relief ( tertiary prevention ) to long-term strategies designed to change attitudes , values , behaviour and circumstances ( primary prevention ) . |
| 28 | It is now widely accepted that such headaches can be precipitated by foods as well as stress , the oral contraceptive Pill , and the build-up to a period . |
| 29 | The importance of the family for the prevention of delinquent behaviour was also recognized and it is now widely accepted that the delinquent child and his or her family are in need of the same kind of attention as the deprived child and his or her family . |
| 30 | A flight from positivism has been witnessed in recent years in the social sciences , and the argument appears to be now widely accepted that since knowledge is never the direct product of experience . |