Example sentences of "be accepted [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 It is accepted that Gary and Aggi had grounds to suspect each of the appellants of an offence .
32 The submissions made to your Lordships on the basis of the history of eleemosynary corporations do not seem to me to justify the drawing of such a distinction at the present time once it is accepted that certiorari can be available ( as in Thomas ) on some grounds .
33 Figure 9–3(b) illustrates the special ease where A and B have identical utility functions or , alternatively , where it is accepted that A and B ought always to be treated as if they had identical utility functions .
34 Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed .
35 Less obvious is the misguided logic it offers , for , if it is accepted that blacks have the natural ability and talent to do well in sports , then it can do no harm to encourage their participation in sport .
36 However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised .
37 In people , UV-B radiation is known to cause ageing of the skin , and because of the high correlation between sunshine and skin cancer , it is accepted that UV-B exposure of skin is directly linked to skin cancer ( Eaglemann , 1981 ) .
38 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 .
39 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 .
40 If the argument is accepted that dinosaurs were on their way to possessing a non-reptilian or bird-like heart , then as soon as the separation of the heart valves was complete it enabled the thecodonts , probably in the Triassic .
41 I am not persuaded that the jurisdiction of the visitor involves such exceptional considerations that this principle should be departed from and that some grounds be accepted and others held not to be available for the purposes of judicial review .
42 ‘ It 's accepted that doctors do n't look after their own families .
43 It was accepted that s 287 had to be construed as one with s 286 .
44 In the earlier regime it was accepted that rules had to be general to some extent , and open to change to allow for adaptation to changing circumstances .
45 It was accepted that models were used to create all of the decoration required in the day moulds , so that variation could occur in making the model , mould , casting or in any final cleaning .
46 " Men worked very hard , " said the deputy , " and there were no baths — it was accepted that women would , do it all , they did n't think that the women were working all hours .
47 The parents ' right to dispose of their child overrode considerations of the child 's own rights : it was accepted that children should be put in care while the parents made up their minds whether to relinquish them or not .
48 She had no other great-nieces or nephews and it was accepted that Sara was her darling , that Sara was to get Moorlake House and what little money and possessions Aunt Alicia had left .
49 Mr. Collins said that once it was accepted that Lautro operated in the public domain in the public interest , then certain consequences had also to be accepted .
50 Firstly , Baxter could not see how it was possible to avoid Antinomianism if it was accepted that Christ died for the actual sins of His people .
51 The gift was accepted and plans made — although never fulfilled — to have some 30 canoeists with each Commando , and in July 1940 the first Special Boat Section was formed .
52 In like manner the claim of a Staffordshire jury that a large part of Cannock Forest had been created by Henry II was proved false by earlier records ; nevertheless their verdict was accepted and Cannock Forest much reduced in extent .
53 The Court of Appeal held that there was an unconditional appropriation when the delivery order was accepted and loading allowed to commence .
54 In Botswana the principle of limited decentralisation was accepted as Ministry policy in the establishment of an ‘ in-service project ’ , with support from the British Ministry of Overseas Development , based on the country 's three in-service colleges with a co-ordinator at the Central Ministry of Education .
55 South Korea was accepted as ASEAN 's seventh full " dialogue partner " at the post-ministerial conference ( PMC ) between ASEAN and its major trading partners held on July 22-23 .
56 In the pre-1973 definition case of BS Brown and Son Ltd v Craik Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 752 which was accepted as authority in Aswan Engineering ( 1987 ) , the House of Lords held that goods will be unmerchantable if they can only be resold at a substantially reduced price .
57 Constance was accepted because Nora was a pillar of the Women 's Voluntary Service and worked closely with Lady Wardley in the war effort .
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