Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] accept the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a handful of physicists are prepared to accept the notion of psychic healing on the basis that there is some new sort of energy that we do not yet understand . |
| 2 | In private settings where the field man needs some seemingly objective , unambiguous evidence to support his demands for remedial action , sample results are also useful , though most dischargers are prepared to accept the field man 's personal assessment of the nature of the pollution . |
| 3 | They will rightly look to a Labour Government who will not look at the matter in the narrow economic calculus that we have heard from Conservative Members but will recognise that , unless we are prepared to accept the role of women in the labour force , we will fail as an economy to receive and achieve our full potential . |
| 4 | When it is obvious that the other 11 Governments are prepared to accept the draft before them at Maastricht today and that this Government are not , the Government are confessing to a unique combination of political prejudice and economic weakness which marks them out from the rest of the Community and which marks Britain down in the Community . |
| 5 | In any case , it is perfectly possible to buy second-hand or reconditioned models at a fraction of the price of new ones as long as you are prepared to accept the risk that they might eventually develop faults which could prove expensive . |
| 6 | If the Conservative party wins a general election , I am upset and I do n't like it , but I am willing to accept the result because I accept the verdict of the people . |
| 7 | If you are willing to accept the default page breaks |
| 8 | But , even if you are willing to accept the connection , do you fully understand it ? |
| 9 | I 'm not prepared to accept that any more than I am prepared to accept the hogwash that we heard from Bob Morgan and his Liberal Democrats , because of course it may be extremely comfortable for him to be acting like a beached dolphin on the shores of Abu Dhabi , but the fact of the matter is , of course , that the Liberal Democrats , with or without the backs of their envelopes and cigarettes packets , are extremely unlikely to be making any national legislation , so they are quite comfortable in being able to observe how others might or might not do it . |
| 10 | what you , your case is as I understand it , I 've only intervened cos I think the question did n't dis perhaps a lack of understanding this by Lord allow me to say so , what you 're saying is that erm , in fact , although not intentionally you 're prepared to accept the format of the brochure in relation to the on going charges was such as could reasonably be said by your newspaper to have mislead prospective purchasers |
| 11 | Many subcontractors are unwilling to accept the responsibility and initial liability of training apprentices . |
| 12 | The first is where the firms are unwilling to accept the judgment of the competition policy institution , and wish to have the case reviewed . |
| 13 | The other linguistic groups are reluctant to accept the position of Hindi as primus inter pares . |
| 14 | While some of them are able to accept the situation with equanimity and wait for it to pass , others tend to panic and assume that the condition must of necessity be a permanent one . |
| 15 | Gandhi acknowledged this and what he has to say about brahmacārya has to be taken as applying in the main to those who are able to accept the discipline involved in resolving to enter the third stage of life . |
| 16 | In this regard I am happy to accept the phrase ‘ left it to the son to obtain the signatures of his parents . ’ |
| 17 | Erm I 'm happy to accept the officer 's recommendations on the issue of the . |
| 18 | On 14 June 1966 Mr. Page replied : ‘ I am pleased to accept the appointment and have taken note of the terms laid down in your letter . ’ |
| 19 | As anthropologists we are inclined to accept the citizen 's point of view and to neglect the bureaucrat 's version . |
| 20 | But , whatever its theoretical explanation , the habituation procedure has direct behavioural consequences and their role needs to be considered before we are obliged to accept the suggestion that latent inhibition implies the operation of mechanisms other than those involved in habituation . |