Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] accepted [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method of comparison which is increasingly accepted as most ‘ rational ’ , at least by large-scale enterprises with sophisticated calculation procedures , involves discounting future revenues ( or costs ) at a rate of discount equal to the ‘ cost of ( money ) capital ’ to the enterprise . |
| 2 | In men the signs and symptoms of gonorrhoea will appear after the incubation period , which is generally accepted as being between two and ten days . |
| 3 | The other constraint on the speaker is that the word-meaning chosen must also be one which is conventionally accepted as used for entities rather than for properties . |
| 4 | Power is legitimate authority in that it is generally accepted as just and proper by members of society as a whole . |
| 5 | The existence of man 's ability to enjoy beauty is not a contentious subject and it is universally accepted as ‘ good ’ . |
| 6 | However , it is increasingly accepted as ‘ the norm ’ , something that older people have to expect , a ‘ natural ’ element in the process of growing old . |
| 7 | It is now accepted as his masterpiece and has spawned a small industry in northern Italy . |
| 8 | Essentially , I am suggesting that what I am calling private metaphors were developed by managers as a means of coping with the dissonance between what is commonly accepted as being management theory and what they thought for themselves it ought to be in actuality . |