Example sentences of "it is accepted [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency .
2 Once it is accepted that management involves technical expertise , the court could , without departing from the existing but anomalous principle that the standard of care is linked to the attributes of the director , impose an appropriately higher standard , given that most executive directors of large companies do have considerable business experience .
3 In the elaborate theoretical edifice constructed by Savage , it is accepted that development of the Labour Party was related to changes in the ‘ national polity ’ ( p 10 ) , and that over time ‘ nationalization ’ of politics produced more uniform patterns of working-class political activity ( p 187 ) .
4 if it is accepted that biotechnology is here to stay , how can it be controlled to the best advantage ?
5 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 .
6 These facts are indeed significant , but they are susceptible of a rather different Interpretation when it is accepted that importance and success amongst the ulema in the earlier period did not depend upon one 's position in the hierarchy or concomitant matters like salary or membership of the divan — to anything like the same degree that they did in later times .
7 If it is accepted that representative or indirect democracy is at best an inadequate substitute for personal participation , and that everything possible should be done to ensure that the views and wishes of the people are represented as accurately as possible within such a system , it must surely follow that representation should be in proportion to the weight of opinion in the society itself .
8 It is accepted that Community case law has developed such a principle under which , on policy grounds compatible with Community law , restrictions on trade may be justified .
9 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 .
10 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 .
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