This process invariably throws up a consensus-building prime minister acceptable to a wide cross-section of parties.
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Credit (a loan or a bond) is not generally acceptable as a means of payment.
It draws a line under a practice which is no longer acceptable in a modern Scotland.
General Musharraf is inching towards a destination that, in the abstract, appears acceptable: a power-sharing arrangement with Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister who leads Pakistan's most popular political party from exile.
Arguments like the one over Augusta National matter, because they shine a bright light on the ingrained attitudes that should be no longer acceptable in a civilized society.
Here is a summary of yesterdays discussion in the form of what we would find acceptable in a contract offer from a publisher.
Sony Mobile Communications loaned me a review unit of the Xperia T, and its specifications are slap bang in the middle of the acceptable for a high-end smartphone.
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Perhaps this is because they generally assume that "religion, " however defined, is a positive force for good and that any set of religious beliefs, however unusual, should be considered acceptable in a tolerant society.
But we no longer find that kind of transaction morally acceptable in a sport.
"The residential areas have become car parks for commuters and that's not acceptable in a city, " he said.
The primary characteristic of money is that it is the item mutually acceptable as a means of payment.
Besides a better offer, acceptable excuses include a culture mismatch, corporate reorganization or sudden exit of your supervisor.
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The opposition leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, says he has set out preconditions for the general to be acceptable as a candidate.
This is the most attractive option and the only one that can ultimately be acceptable as a basis for peace.
But what was relatively uncontroversial when there were just six or 12 members is much less acceptable in a Union of 25.
We're talking about one or two years of 4% real growth -- which is acceptable after a decade of uncontrolled double-digit growth.
Does that make them acceptable from a humanitarian point of view?
He lacks Mr Pasalic's authority in government circles, yet the old-time conservative nationalist is respected within the party and acceptable to a broader sweep of Croats.
"All profiles must be uploaded and the failure is not acceptable for a world-class DNA lab that prides itself on accuracy and attention to detail, " the lab said.
Similarly, risk concentrations that might be acceptable at a single institution in a period of economic expansion could be dangerous if they existed at a large number of institutions simultaneously.
"I think Rudy Giuliani's current positions make his pro-choice stand acceptable for a lot of Republicans -- not all Republicans, of course, but a lot of Republicans, " GOP pollster Whit Ayres said.
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They should understand that the methods they have chosen are neither an acceptable nor a credible route by which to reach their stated objective of better representation for their community within Macedonian institutions.
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At some point, the news media and society in general are going to have to decide to begin holding these elements accountable to standards of behavior that are acceptable in a civilized society.
The above might normally be acceptable given a Washington whose oxygen is government spending, but not for a small government establishment that for years has paid lip service to the importance of reducing its size.
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He describes a patient whose moral reasoning has been disrupted by surgery to separate the hemispheres, who then judges that it is acceptable for a waitress to serve sesame seeds to someone she thinks is allergic to them, but who is not.
While the report makes a raft of recommendations, Prof Stephenson attacked sugary drinks for being "just water and sugar" and lambasted a culture where it was deemed acceptable to drink a litre of fizzy drink at the cinema.
"At this stage then it becomes acutely difficult, if not quite impossible, to set a budget and precept which is acceptable without causing a severe level of disappointment within the police service, difficulties amongst our partners and anger from the public that we exist to serve, " Mr Michael said.
Parents establish rules and modes of acceptable behavior as a training ground for children, so that when they eventually make a transition into the world, they will be accustomed to behaving in ways deemed socially acceptable.
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"We are satisfied that both parties reached a mutually acceptable agreement to settle this case, " a company statement said of the most recent agreement.
This was an imperfect measure from the start, devised as a politically acceptable way in which to compare inflation on a consistent basis across Europe's economies.
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