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

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1 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 .
2 It is accepted in the musical business that this is the easiest and best way to secure your copyright .
3 Even if it is accepted that there is now overwhelming evidence that we possess a body clock , it will appear to have little use .
4 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 .
5 It is accepted that the energy crisis is permanent and may intensify .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 can be accommodated by the Pearce-Hall equations if it is accepted ( as seems reasonable ) that the different event used as differed in qualities that determine the value of λ used in these equations .
10 It is accepted that there may be interactions between supposedly distinct stimuli when they are presented simultaneously .
11 It is accepted that some 10 to 15 per cent of cases are seen outside the clinics by private or general practitioners , and it is unusual for these cases to be reported to the Department of Health .
12 Library use is never evenly distributed throughout the stock , and it is accepted that some stock categories will only be used by a small number of readers .
13 It is accepted that this : may mean that sometimes an employee will get a bit less than he might have expected ; it may mean that sometimes an employer will have to pay a little more than he had expected .
14 It is accepted that antagonism must not jeopardise training efforts and every opportunity is used within the service to communicate the need for the policy .
15 The effect of this when it is accepted is very far reaching because the more an idea is tested the more it is validated and criticism becomes not a threat but an opportunity to strengthen the idea ; and what is more important scientists cease to have the same proprietorial attitude towards in idea .
16 However , even if it is accepted that IIAs are marginal to the prospects of urban economic development and employment creation , it seems evident that some approaches to industrial improvement are more successful than others .
17 We could use them to illustrate your history if ever it is accepted for publication . ’
18 It is accepted that what separates us from the other creatures sharing our planet is our capacity to think .
19 If it is accepted that general management is still gathering momentum , more may yet be to come .
20 If it is accepted that these moves are taking place , and there seems little doubt that they are , the question remains as to what significance they have , and what they imply .
21 But since in trusts it is accepted that intention should be regarded , I replied that it was absurd , when the first substitution had not taken effect , that the granddaughter should be denied a claim for a share , since her grandfather wanted her to have the whole if the second brother had also received his brother 's share .
22 Provided that this interpretation seems reasonable in the context and provided that it is not in conflict with other possible interpretations suggested either by the mental model or the superficial representation , it is accepted without difficulty .
23 In fact 30–40% of all polytechnic courses are Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) validated , and in spite of the insistence by CNAA validating panels that library instruction should be written into CNAA degree courses , it is accepted more in spirit than in practice .
24 It seems to me quite arbitrary to disallow man-made machines this ability , when it is accepted that men are machines , and that such an unknown machine as a Martian may also perceive meanings .
25 This thought can be entertained only if it is accepted that the universe is eternal and timeless , and the theory of a once only chance association of circumstances causing life , be abandoned .
26 It is of no consequence once it is accepted that the God to serve humanity originated at the moment that life first became manifest , and combined with the material of the universe to start the long process of producing living creatures with the capacity to enjoy life and all that that involves .
27 It is accepted now that many of our nursery rhymes are based on factual people or occurrences .
28 It is accepted that the corridor effect may well operate in the years immediately after 193 and the current rush of development is , of course , partly designed to offset the loss in employment caused by general economic decline and the likely transfer of business away from the Channel ports to the Tunnel .
29 Once it is accepted that the inner city is an idea rather than a place it is tempting to ask which interests really do benefit from the recurrence on the political agenda of the urban crisis .
30 Once it is accepted that surrogacy is unlikely to cause any serious harm , the idea that it could be used for social rather than medical reasons should lose much of the horror and condemnation with which it tends to be associated .
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