Example sentences of "if it [is] accepted " in BNC.

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1 Even if it is accepted that there is now overwhelming evidence that we possess a body clock , it will appear to have little use .
2 can be accommodated by the Pearce-Hall equations if it is accepted ( as seems reasonable ) that the different event used as differed in qualities that determine the value of λ used in these equations .
3 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 .
4 If it is accepted that general management is still gathering momentum , more may yet be to come .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency .
8 Less obvious is the misguided logic it offers , for , if it is accepted that blacks have the natural ability and talent to do well in sports , then it can do no harm to encourage their participation in sport .
9 If it is accepted , almost all big banks will need more capital by the time the new rules go into effect in 1997 .
10 The charge for the call can be transferred to the number called if it is accepted when the operator offers the call .
11 It has important implications for sociology , if it is accepted as in any sense true .
12 However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised .
13 If it is accepted that representative or indirect democracy is at best an inadequate substitute for personal participation , and that everything possible should be done to ensure that the views and wishes of the people are represented as accurately as possible within such a system , it must surely follow that representation should be in proportion to the weight of opinion in the society itself .
14 If it is accepted that between 10 and 17 per cent .
15 The difficulty about this argument is that , if it is accepted , there is no scope for the operation of paragraph ( a ) of article 12 .
16 If it is accepted , as I believe it should be accepted , that certiorari goes not only for such an excess or abuse of power but also for a breach of the rules of natural justice there is even less reason in principle for excluding other established grounds .
17 Second , if it is accepted that the organisations in question were operating in highly competitive markets , then their ability to win orders did necessitate an ability to adjust their manpower levels upwards and downwards and to hold labour costs to a minimum .
18 If it is accepted , as I argue , that a judge , when sitting in his court , is frequently required to make decisions which involve an assessment of where the public interest lies and so to make a political decision , then he can not be said to act neutrally , although he may still be the person best suited to make that particular decision .
19 If it is accepted that we are in possession of logically adequate criteria of particular-identification , I do not see how one could deny that such criteria are ever fulfilled ; for how else would we know that they are indeed adequate ?
20 For even if it is accepted ( ignoring , or rejecting , any arguments to the contrary ) that spatio-temporal relations are not , or not wholly , explicable in terms of intrinsic and qualitative properties of related things , there still remains the problem of accounting for the objectivity of such relations .
21 Even if all this is granted , even if it is accepted that higher education and with it the roles of teacher and student are in principle separate from the world of research , the sceptic still has one final card to play .
22 If it is accepted that the office has become the most common working environment for the majority of the population then it seems increasingly important that those involved in the design , construction and maintenance of them have an understanding of modern management techniques and their implications for employee efficiency .
23 This is because an anticipatory repudiation terminates a contract only if it is accepted by the innocent party , Fercometal S.a.r.l. v. Mediterra-nean Shipping Co. ( 1988 H.L. ) .
24 If it is accepted that successful formative attempts can contribute to the summative assessment , the actual number of formal assessments could be substantially reduced .
25 if it is accepted that biotechnology is here to stay , how can it be controlled to the best advantage ?
26 If it is accepted that there is a role , though admittedly limited , for managing gall stone disease by preservation of the gall bladder , should the rotary lithotrite be the method of choice ?
27 This may be convenient for overnight/weekend operation if it is accepted that the duration time is not critical .
28 One way to connect the segments of the distribution is to argue , for example like Fuchs ( 1965 ) , that a moving poverty line be created if it is accepted that no one should fall below , say , 50 per cent of the mean or median income .
29 If it is accepted that what motivates interest in redistributive impacts is a desire to be ‘ fair ’ , then the studies that are carried out using current measures of economic status may often by misleading .
30 Even if it is accepted that a substantial proportion of any given unemployment rate is Keynesian in origin , Euro-pessimists fear that any expansion of demand to reduce such unemployment will hit up against supply-side constraints .
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