Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] accept that " in BNC.

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1 By saying this , I am accepting that Geraldine herself may well have engineered the engagement .
2 Does anybody like to make a contribution on Appendix B Right , the point is that we 're accepting that we support it , and that the Association of County Councils and that 's the International Affairs Sub-Committee of the A C C be informed of the County Council 's support , of the options set out in Appendix B. Is that agreed ?
3 But proving the necessity of crime requires more than showing that some things that were formerly criminal are now important parts of healthy social life ( even if we were to accept that we can objectively determine what constitutes healthy social life ) .
4 If we were to accept that societies need to include a diversity of behaviour and belief in order to adapt to new conditions , this could surely be achieved by simply allowing such diversity .
5 Even if we were to accept that no legislator should vote for the compromise , this would not explain why we should reject the compromise as an out-come .
6 Such flexibility would be further enhanced if they were to accept that questions of law could have more than one possible answer .
7 There are some whose function has stimulated less comment such as tweezers found in male graves ; if it were accepted that they were primarily depilatory we must consider their role in the alteration of the physical appearance of men and women as a cultural trait .
8 If it were accepted that the parties have no legal rights and duties under a political treaty , then even less could the legal position of third parties be affected by it .
9 If it were accepted that the language of the Convention demonstrates an intention to establish a permanent regime for freer global communications upon which all States could rely , the United States could claim the benefits of transit passage without having to prove that that concept had itself become customary international law .
10 The first issue is whether , it being accepted that the signature on the transfer is that of Mrs. Steed , the defendant can repudiate the transfer under the doctrine of non est factum .
11 It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds .
12 It 's accepted that doctors do n't look after their own families .
13 Even if it is accepted that there is now overwhelming evidence that we possess a body clock , it will appear to have little use .
14 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 .
15 It is accepted that the energy crisis is permanent and may intensify .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 It is accepted that there may be interactions between supposedly distinct stimuli when they are presented simultaneously .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 It is accepted that what separates us from the other creatures sharing our planet is our capacity to think .
25 If it is accepted that general management is still gathering momentum , more may yet be to come .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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