Example sentences of "is accepted " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such a risk is accepted , sooner or later the cable will break at the wrong moment and an accident will occur . |
| 2 | But it is accepted by physicalists of all kinds that the meaning or semantic value of internal states must be analysed in terms of their causal relations to stimulus and response , just as it is for the behaviourist 's dispositions , and is not something they possess in their own right , or of themselves . |
| 3 | Scientific notation is accepted ( 1.23e+8 ) but not engineering units ( n , m , k ) . |
| 4 | Once one-person-one-vote is accepted , some have already signalled a willingness to surrender much of their power . |
| 5 | The Labour Party Conference : Anger as new defence policy is accepted |
| 6 | A crucial factor is that one witness 's evidence , though plausible , may be rejected because it is contradicted by another witness whose evidence is accepted as being beyond doubt . |
| 7 | None the less an examination of the special reasons why the Plowden proposition is accepted as a truism in general but treated as an abominable heresy in particular may be worthwhile . |
| 8 | It is accepted in the musical business that this is the easiest and best way to secure your copyright . |
| 9 | Some anthropologists would counter these examples by arguing that there actually are class-like phenomena in such states ( Terray , 1975 ) , by pointing out the difference in access to the means of production between elders and juniors and men and women , but even if this argument is accepted it gives little support to the general theory in that such ‘ class ’ differences also occur in clearly stateless societies . |
| 10 | Even if it is accepted that there is now overwhelming evidence that we possess a body clock , it will appear to have little use . |
| 11 | If this is accepted , Mr Major will be able to present it as a step away from supranationalism . |
| 12 | Sears ' Discover card is accepted by 1.2m ; not bad for a network built from scratch since 1985 , but clearly still short of critical mass . |
| 13 | Once a sample is accepted for dating , the first task in the laboratory is to remove any likely sources of carbon contamination , such as carbonates and humic acids from the burial environment . |
| 14 | Abel 's offering is accepted by God and Cain 's rejected . |
| 15 | Whichever view is accepted , most historians believe that the new political structure of the inter-war years was largely determined by 1918 , and the unemployment of the inter-war years is not crucial to either explanation of the structural changes which occurred in British politics . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | John McIlwraith , Balig , Ayr , chairman of the BSS UK , says the Beltex is the terminal sire that can deliver the right type of lamb at the right weight and with a conformation that is accepted in Europe as second to none . |
| 18 | Equally important is public confidence or acceptance of coinage ; as coinage is a convention , in the sense that its value is conventionally fixed by the authority of the state with the agreement of the public , it can only function if the value of the coinage , as fixed by the state , is accepted by those who use it ; otherwise , market forces will tend to discount overvalued coins towards their individual bullion values . |
| 19 | Most cultures recognise three broad stages of development , in both the individual and the group : ( a ) Primitive response to nature : Nature is accepted as containing all systems of order and mankind attempts its interpretation by immediate response to its stimuli . |
| 20 | If the deal is accepted , Fulham will share Stamford Bridge with Chelsea , paying in excess of £13 million for the ground while the £5 million Cabra owe Fulham will be waived . |
| 21 | Increased development funds from the EEC may also be expected if the proposed IDP is accepted . |
| 22 | It is accepted that the energy crisis is permanent and may intensify . |
| 23 | This is a radical right or radical consensus model of society , in which values of individualism and freedom are emphasized , and inequality is accepted as a necessary consequence of the latter . |
| 24 | The need for some form of state regulation to mitigate the worst consequences of economic and social arrangements is accepted ; for example , income distribution policies aim to reduce poverty rather than to achieve equality . |
| 25 | Secondary prevention may take place when an applicant is accepted as a client of a social work agency . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Faith here means a commitment to believe in the face of evidence that is accepted as ambiguous , like the commitment of the partisan in the face of the ambiguous behaviour of the stranger in Mitchell 's parable . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Conversely , if the dependence thesis is accepted then the case for the normal justification thesis becomes very strong . |