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

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1 Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson said that it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House of Commons to decide whether such privilege has been infringed .
2 Using this method conflicting findings have been reported in studies of diabetic subjects ( Dollery et al , 1979 ; Davis et al , 1981 ) , and it is now generally accepted that there may be considerable non-specific interference in assaying this metabolite in plasma which might explain the different findings ( Greaves & Preston , 1982 ; Dollery et al , 1983 ) .
3 There is a rich variety of different forecasting procedures , and it is now generally accepted that no one method is ‘ best ’ in every situation , but rather that the choice depends on various practical considerations .
4 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 .
5 We will not assign these spectra in detail , but it is now generally accepted that the ruthenium complex has three units held together only by metal-metal bonding , whereas the iron complex has bridging CO ligands , as well as many terminal ones .
6 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 ) .
7 For business the notion that employees are the most valuable ‘ capital item ’ is relatively recent , though it is now widely accepted .
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