Example sentences of "[adv] accepted [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is widely accepted that new members of the research community deserve careful initiation , socialisation and accreditation .
2 It is widely accepted that vast amounts of police time are wasted by calling constables unnecessarily as court witnesses but the problem has so far proved intractable .
3 In 1912 Edison introduced the compatible ‘ Blue Amberol ’ records made of an even tougher plastic ; and it is generally accepted that Blue Amberols had a better , higher fidelity performance than any other medium before the First World War .
4 It 's generally accepted that oral contraceptives may slightly enlarge a woman 's breasts , but in a few exceptional cases it has had other more alarming side-effects .
5 It has been generally accepted that adenomatous polyps develop in the second and third decade with most affected untreated subjects developing a colorectal carcinoma by the age of 40 years .
6 It is generally accepted that large numbers of people evaded the attention of the enumerators on that occasion and that if allowance is made for under-recording the total should be raised to about 9·2 millions .
7 Privileges and self-regulation are no longer accepted as necessary corollaries of professional status .
8 The liabilities of financial institutions are quite willingly accepted as financial assets by their holders , i.e. bank depositors and insurance policy holders .
9 In a reversal of policy , British Rail has also accepted that conventional trains can take bends faster .
10 That will not just include the admission of new partners and the nature of the partnership business ( which in the case of solicitors can not really changeand see ss24(7) and ( 8 ) above ) but will extend to matters of policysetting up new departments to take on types of work not previously accepted or closing departments which have proved unprofitable , opening and closing branch offices , expelling partners , changes to the name of the firm , raising additional capital from the partners themselves or by way of loan , and other matters which one way or another can significantly affect the liabilities of each partner .
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