Example sentences of "[Wh det] is [adv] accepted [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Though the existence of a variety of competing perspectives in sociology can sometimes be confusing and a little frustrating to the new student , he or she must recognise that there simply is no nice , neat package of ‘ sociology ’ which is universally accepted and which provides all the answers .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 The BA Hons Business Studies is a qualification which is widely accepted and respected by industry , commerce and the public sector .
6 Ageism is one of the most insidious forms of discrimination , one which is widely accepted and rarely challenged .
7 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 .
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