(1) He has overstepped the bounds of acceptable behaviour.

(2) His proposal is not acceptable.

(3) Such behavior is just not acceptable in this school.

(4) Is the proposal acceptable to you?

(5) The quality ranged from acceptable to worse than useless.

(6) Smacking is not an acceptable way of punishing a child.

(7) Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to degree studies.

(8) It is becoming more acceptable for women to drink alcohol.

(9) Anger is not necessarily the most useful or acceptable reaction to such events.

(10) The soil contains 30 times the acceptable level of radioactivity.

(11) They're trying to work out a peace formula acceptable to both sides in the dispute.

(12) Nowadays it's acceptable for women to be ambitious. But it wasn't then.

(13) The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.

(14) This behaviour is not viewed as acceptable.

(15) These sorts of behaviour are not acceptable.

(16) They're still trying to work out an acceptable compromise.

(17) That sort of behaviour is not acceptable.

(18) This goes beyond all limits of acceptable behaviour.

(19) Children must learn socially acceptable behaviour.

(20) She has reached an acceptable standard of English.

(21) Air pollution has risen above an acceptable level.

(22) A cup of tea would be most acceptable.

(23) So what is an acceptable level of radiation?

(24) Are all political and religious groups equally acceptable?

(25) Ten beaches were graded as acceptable.

(26) This type of behaviour is no longer socially acceptable.

(27) This kind of attitude is simply not acceptable.

(28) We must come up with a solution that our shareholders will find acceptable.

(29) Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit.

(30) Where our children's education is concerned, no compromise is acceptable.

(1) He has overstepped the bounds of acceptable behaviour.

(2) His proposal is not acceptable.

(3) Such behavior is just not acceptable in this school.

(4) The quality ranged from acceptable to worse than useless.

(5) Smacking is not an acceptable way of punishing a child.

(6) We must come up with a solution that our shareholders will find acceptable.

(7) Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to degree studies.

(8) It is becoming more acceptable for women to drink alcohol.

(9) Anger is not necessarily the most useful or acceptable reaction to such events.

(10) Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit.

(11) The soil contains 30 times the acceptable level of radioactivity.

(12) Where our children's education is concerned, no compromise is acceptable.

(13) They're trying to work out a peace formula acceptable to both sides in the dispute.

(14) Nowadays it's acceptable for women to be ambitious. But it wasn't then.

(15) The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.

(16) They must behave in a way which will be socially acceptable.

(17) The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.

(31) His proposal is quite acceptable.

(32) Drinking and driving is no longer socially acceptable.

(33) Your proposal is acceptable, as we all predicate.

(34) Is this solution acceptable to all parties concerned?

(35) The samples varied in quality but were generally acceptable.

(36) Living together as a prelude to marriage is now considered acceptable in many countries.

(37) Alcohol is not an acceptable way out of your problems.

(38) We eventually arrived at a figure that was mutually acceptable.

(39) As already mentioned, the legislation does not consider low pay as an acceptable reason for turning down a job.

(40) On the far side of the street was a restaurant that looked acceptable.

(41) "This kind of behaviour is not acceptable, " said the teacher sternly.

(42) For some car buyers, lack of space is an acceptable trade-off for a sporty design.

(43) Luxembourg sketched out an acceptable compromise between Britain, France and Germany.

(44) In the negotiations, they agreed to water down their original stiff demand to one acceptable to both sides.

(45) The air pollution exceeds most acceptable levels by 10 times or more.

(46) Yogurt is a perfectly acceptable substitute for cream in cooking.

(47) Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.

(48) This validation process ensures that the data conforms to acceptable formats.

(49) Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.

(50) Certain words are vulgar and not acceptable in polite society.

(51) Farmers are struggling to maintain a level of productivity that generates an acceptable income.

(52) They adopt behaviour that is more socially acceptable among their peers.

(53) Who ever thought people would see Arsenal as the acceptable face of football?

(54) They recently failed to negotiate a mutually acceptable new contract.

(55) Let's face it — drinking is a socially acceptable habit.

(56) Will the new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors?

(57) They have thrashed out a compromise formula acceptable to Moscow.

(58) Everyone needs to feel he is loved, but this is not now acceptable. Instead, after everybody, everyone, anybody, anyone, somebody, someone, etc. one of the plural pronouns they, them, and their is often used:Does everybody know what they want?

(58) try its best to collect and build good sentences.

(59) In any event, the bowling alley restaurant proved quite acceptable.

(60) Regional accents are still acceptable but there is to be a blitz on incorrect grammar.

(61) They must behave in a way which will be socially acceptable.

(62) For this course a pass in English at grade B is acceptable.

(63) The employers and the union leaders have agreed an acceptable formula for wages.

(64) Then he hit on an idea that would be acceptable to both of us.

(65) How do you find an acceptable balance between closeness and distance in a relationship?

(66) What you did was beyond/outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.

(67) This technique is becoming more refined and more acceptable all the time.

(68) This essay is not of an acceptable standard - do it again.

(69) Here, the students set the standards for acceptable behaviour .

(70) His no-inflation bill serves as a useful counterweight to proposals less acceptable to the Committee.

(71) The book fails to answer the question with any acceptable degree of certainty.

(72) We have finally reached an agreement acceptable to all sides.

(73) It was not acceptable for royalty to marry commoners in those days.

(74) I pity you if you think this is an acceptable way to behave.

(75) The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.

(76) It is not socially acceptable for parents to leave children unattended at that age.

(77) The university passed on his application and found him acceptable.

(78) It is perfectly acceptable to sample the food before you buy.

(79) Smoking in the workplace is becoming less and less acceptable.

(80) She strove to find a solution that was acceptable to all.

(81) The negotiations culminated in an agreement acceptable to all sides.

(82) The level of mistakes is within the acceptable range of standards for a public organization.

(83) They have returned with a watered down and more acceptable version of the proposal.

(84) Clearly we need to come to an arrangement that is acceptable to both parties.

(85) It wasn't too long before we had worked out a plan acceptable to all.

(86) Her breeding and background made her eminently acceptable in royal circles.

(87) Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors?

(88) Is the light good enough to take photos? In formal language you can also say that it is adequate[http://], satisfactory or acceptable. These words on their own may suggest that something is only just good enough and could be better. Compare:This piece of work is satisfactory and This piece of work is very satisfactory.

(89) How do we reach an acceptable level of data security?

(90) We want a political solution that is acceptable to all parties.

(91) Either way, it's a perfectly acceptable display.

(92) It is a consolation, a socially acceptable comfort blanket.

(93) Politeness, The most acceptable hypocrisy. Ambrose Bierce 

(94) This sharing of expectations about acceptable behaviour ensures conformity.

(95) But anger has its perfectly acceptable face.

(96) Our definition is equally acceptable to the classical physicist.

(97) A hyphen is an acceptable alternative to a comma.

(98) It's a cheap and acceptable substitute for rubber.

(99) This would serve as an acceptable alternative.

(100) Commonly, both are used consistently to help replace an undesirable behaviour with acceptable behaviour.

(101) But if there is a significant improvement then the programme can be continued until the problem reaches an acceptable level.

(102) Britain prefers absolute standards, which would exclude all products that failed to come up to the minimum acceptable level.

(103) Such an option would be far more acceptable to environmentalists than launching even an inert reactor from Earth.

(104) Balked of Alfred, she would find Harry Washington a more than acceptable alternative.

(105) He would, he realized, for the first time in his life have a socially acceptable problem.

(106) We had a lot of applicants for the job but only a few of them were acceptable.

(107) The speaking I strings together signifying chains according to socially acceptable codes of meaning.

(108) Maybe it allowed him to express aggression in an acceptable form.

(109) This minefield is compounded by the moral nature of the problem; about what is and is not acceptable behaviour.

(110) Paying work has always been acceptable for the vast majority of mothers who have had to work.

(111) A semicolon following a prompt string is an acceptable alternative to a comma.

(112) After all, it wasn't that long ago that it was quite acceptable to belch smoke over the countryside.

(113) Inadequate professional services are services which fall below an acceptable standard, but are short of negligent work.

(114) A Levy-Jennings quality control chart is a graphic representation of the acceptable limits of variation in the results of an analytic method.

(115) Some such reserves may be socially acceptable to local populations, offering jobs, revenues, and improvements to quality of life.

(116) NILTs have always been regarded as representing the acceptable face of tribunals.

(117) Fortunately, it is possible to achieve acceptable levels of SO2 by four Simple and relatively inexpensive measures.

(118) So averaging two adjacent lines, then using the averaged line twice, is an acceptable compromise.

(118) Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress every day!

(119) This was perfectly acceptable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; it was not at all acceptable to the court.

(120) The dispute was settled in a way that was acceptable to both sides.

(121) If the seller has left himself negotiating room, then this may be perfectly acceptable.

(122) A first move in such cases is to establish which alternative uses will be acceptable to the local planning authority.

(123) Students who achieve an acceptable standard may have the opportunity to progress to degree studies.

(124) We are aiming at a negotiated settlement acceptable to major political forces in our country.

(125) It's just that some are socially acceptable and available within the law, others are most definitely not.

(126) It used to be culturally acceptable to burn witches, but not every judge obliged.

(127) We do it when we decide what it is acceptable for people to be able or unable to do.

(128) Internet Explorer, the company says, is an acceptable, integrated part of the Windows system.

(129) In some societies, there are no options, no acceptable alternatives to early marriage.

(130) Some low-fat cheeses have quite an acceptable flavour but some taste like rubber.

(131) Individuals may see alcohol as an acceptable way out of their problems.

(132) I knew what is socially acceptable and what is not.

(133) Grades B and C are still entirely wholesome and acceptable for cooking.

(134) He argues that by maintaining the job environment at an acceptable level then feelings of dissatisfaction can be avoided.

(135) Even this is not always an acceptable defence, I should add.

(136) All the evidence suggests that schools are generally well-ordered places where acceptable behaviour is the norm.

(137) The argument that cheaper labour costs force manufacture abroad should not be acceptable to us as prospective purchasers.

(138) An often acceptable compromise is local manufacture or assembly by a multinational company.

(139) Is it really acceptable for knowledge to be used for any goal?

(140) Frozen duck is perfectly acceptable, but-as with most products-fresh is preferred.

(141) The popular president not only made it acceptable for male politicians to sob; he made it practically mandatory.

(142) But if there is no punishment, it is perfectly acceptable to tell lies.

(143) In such cases, the environment provides foot soldiers with confusing signals regarding the acceptable level and forms of political activism.

(144) However, although words considered in a local context may seem perfectly acceptable in the sentential context these combinations may be unlikely.

(145) The model will be used to explore these energy strategies which might form the basis of acceptable compromises.

(146) This attitude protects you from negative suggestions and strengthens your defence mechanism in a socially acceptable way.

(147) A fair amount is conducted by ministerial correspondence, a perfectly acceptable method in constitutional terms.

(148) All projects deemed acceptable according to any one method will always be found acceptable according to the other methods.

(149) This will be in line with the Court's objective of restoring the University's financial reserves to a more acceptable level.

(150) Having no acceptable way of expressing their feelings directly,[sentence dictionary] they probably vented them on nature.

(151) The repo is generally in gilts, although other instruments have also been acceptable.

(152) The teacher will use a wide range of approaches and materials to bring them all up to an acceptable level of performance.

(153) Employers have always been able to contract out their workers from the scheme if they offered an acceptable alternative.

(154) We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. Malcolm X 

(155) This qualification, normally with Commendation, is also acceptable for entry to the degree course.

(156) Criminal libel is unlikely to occur other than rarely, but is available to define the limits of acceptable behaviour.

(157) He also expressed optimism that an acceptable constitutional arrangement could be agreed which would obviate the need for Quebec to seek independence.

(158) Graduated separatism, the acceptable face of separatism, can be seen as the ripples which pass outwards from this.

(159) He is able, also, to work on his notes towards a more publicly acceptable form of language.

(160) There may be sincerely held differences concerning the level of acceptable risk.

(161) Although purpose-made units are expensive to buy, ordinary hand-microphones attached to simple booms make an acceptable alternative for amateur use.

(162) Dosing farm animals with antibiotics because they accelerate their growth rates can not be acceptable practice.

(163) How, then, can the informal interview be used in sociology in an acceptable way?

(164) Norms defining acceptable ways for settling an argument or dispute usually exclude physical violence and manslaughter.

(165) Applicants offering qualifications other than those acceptable for an honours degree will be considered for entry to the ordinary degree.

(166) The excess fuel cools the engine - acceptable for short periods in the climb but inefficient and expensive for extended cruise.

(167) But they also show that there is wide disagreement about what is considered to be an acceptable way forward.

(168) Nevertheless, neither the Chronicle nor the Historia Brittonum provides an acceptable alternative to the Bedan chronology.

(169) Still, wasn't that also unimportant, although in a less acceptable way?

(170) Smoking is no longer considered socially acceptable by many people.

(171) To summarize, norms define appropriate and acceptable behaviour in specific situations.

(172) A federation can be an acceptable compromise when strong peripheral governments create a central government.

(173) Some draftees embark on starvation diets so that they weigh below the acceptable level at the medical.

(174) The western section is already at an acceptable standard but the east section is in poor condition, virtually unusable when wet.

(175) This study has shown that an acceptable standard of diabetic care can be provided in normal surgery time.

(176) Therefore, word sequences that are grammatically acceptable are considered to be more plausible than word sequences that are grammatically unacceptable.

(177) To have left the tube and drain in place for 14-21 days would have been ideal but less acceptable to the patient.

(178) One of the more intractable problems was how to dispose of the effluent in an ecologically acceptable way.

(179) This kind of banter, needless to say,[http:///acceptable.html] is not acceptable flirting behavior.

(180) Advertising also creates the impression that smoking is a socially acceptable norm.

(181) Talking out, skipping class, being tardy or disrespectful are no more acceptable for work-inhibited students than for any others.

(182) To obtain acceptable quality when scanning photographs, at least 64 grey scales are required.

(183) Sections which fall below an acceptable standard in terms of quantity, quality of content, or physical condition should receive priority.

(184) They will also be expected to submit answer books that are of acceptable standard.

(185) Styles of dress which are perfectly acceptable at home may be offensive to local inhabitants or may be banned altogether.

(186) Is car insurance acceptable as proof of ownership?

(187) In some situations, the direct write-off method is acceptable.

(188) DIS has its own drawbacks by having half of the plugs firing with an acceptable negative voltage, while the other half is fired by the less acceptable positive polarity.

(189) But doing it at an acceptable cost to the planet will depend on research into everything from high-tech seeds to low-tech farming practices.

(190) It has become far more acceptable to me to take things as they are.

(191) In many applications, accuracies on the order of significant fractions of a second are acceptable.

(192) While this may be perfectly acceptable under normal circumstances, if problems occur,[] it can be vital to have a better understanding of how the Java application is configured.

(193) The next step in the simple linear regression procedure is to determine if the remaining squared error of prediction is acceptable or not.

(194) It is demonstrated, focusing on the features of ship products, in terms of theory and practice, that the MTBF assurance test is practical in technique and acceptable in risk to the consumer.

(195) On the precondition that the error is acceptable, we reduce the memory circuit before we do the logic parameter extraction so as to realize extraction automation.

(196) "Lower profit margins would be acceptable, but for the lower-than-expected revenue growth numbers," said Fred Moran, an analyst at The Benchmark Co.

(197) Working with soft silicones , the SRI scientists soon demonstrated quite acceptable strains of 10 to 15 percent.

(198) The pure scientist is considered socially acceptable in some perfectly civilised colleges.

(199) If a problem is truly just a one-time event, this approach is acceptable.

(200) Is he sound on state education ? ie Are his views well founded , officially acceptable, etc?

(201) "With the front wing an adjustable mechanism is acceptable, because if it breaks then the driver simply gets understeer , " the Swiss told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.