Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] is [adv] accepted " in BNC.

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1 10 Burden of proof Dealing first with the question of reasonableness as between the parties it is now accepted that the burden of proof falls on the party seeking to enforce the restraint .
2 For example it is generally accepted that , since the real-balance effect concerns the net wealth of the private sector , indebtedness arising from within the private sector should be excluded from the definition of NW .
3 On the other hand if someone dies of a heart attack it is just accepted that the cause is hereditary , ‘ He over-exerted himself once too often , ’ or most commonly , it was ‘ Just bad luck ’ .
4 If a change decreases the path length it is always accepted , whilst changes which increase the path length are only accepted with a probability depending in the current annealing temperature and the magnitude of the change .
5 But for those in Japan who do achieve a more secure status it is widely accepted that such benefits are unlikely to be renewed if the individual moves to another company .
6 On the other hand it is now accepted that Kennedy 's lengthy telephone calls to Macmillan fell short of " consultation " even if Macmillan 's official biographer argues that they " were certainly more than just 'informative' " .
7 Among political theorists it is widely accepted that , to sustain a democracy , participation and active citizenship should have only a minimal role .
8 In the large public company it is now accepted as part of conventional wisdom that the shareholding is so widely dispersed that each shareholder does not own a significant enough proportion of the company to perform any of the functions of monitoring and supervising the directors that the legal model casts upon him .
9 Sometimes a vote results in a tie and to resolve the deadlock it is generally accepted , and often laid down in standing orders , that the Chairman has a casting vote in addition to the regular vote he may have .
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