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It's difficult to avoid the park, but we are trying to come up with mutually acceptable solutions.

they both agreed that was an acceptable compromise.

It has to both meet the functional requirements and be visually acceptable to the grounds building committee and board of trustees ? and come within budget.

I just got a poor restart at the last start and we couldn't do anything with Reed or Kevin. It was an acceptable race but not really what we wanted.

Investors believe it is simply not acceptable to be environmentally irresponsible.

Chairman Burns is not satisfied, he's going to work closely with the administration and the committee to deliver an appropriate and acceptable solution in that area.

By not immediately firing certain officers and allowing them to continue to draw their pay when they have all the proof they need to prosecute, the lack of official response continues to send disturbing signals to the deputies and to the community. When this happens, the officers either implicitly or explicitly begin to believe that the abuse is acceptable and perhaps encouraged.

I don't think music artists are capitalizing on politics or the election. But, yeah, you might say this kind of (redneck) music is more acceptable in the mainstream now because of the political climate, but it's tough to say for sure.

General awareness of the college is at an acceptable level,

These toll cheats are a loss and we do treat it seriously. Within a certain percentage, it's an acceptable and anticipated loss. I would not characterize it as an excessive problem.

They are trying to do an end-run around the union and go directly to the membership, ... They believe that what they're doing is acceptable to the membership, but not to the leadership.

In airports, shopping malls, convention centers, corporate boardrooms, supermarkets, street corners, dentist offices and hospitals, you can now find practitioners making chair massage as common and acceptable as a haircut.

Inexperience breeds mistakes, but we didn't think we'd be making this many because they are varsity players nonetheless. We're better than what we're showing. Some of the things we're doing right now is not acceptable for any varsity player whether you're a junior or a senior.

After careful evaluation, the chiefs of staff have advised me that UK forces are able to undertake the proposed operation, that there is a compelling military operational justification for doing so and that it entails a militarily acceptable level of risk for UK forces,

Any redrawing of the international borders is not something that is going to be acceptable to us.

A number of sectors will need to transition before we can be confident of an acceptable level of economic activity.

A person who is making ends meet is merely living in an acceptable level of poverty.

The business model - where books can be returned, and where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable - is archaic and wasteful. Writers get small royalties, little say in how their books are marketed and sold, and simple things like cover and title approval are unheard of unless you're a huge bestseller.

The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal justice system,

The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships.

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All that men will serve God with must be done in Faith, viz. in the Spirit. It is the Spirit that maketh the work perfect, and acceptable in the sight of God. All that a man undertaketh and doeth in Faith, he doth in the Spirit of God, which Spirit of God doth co-operate in the work, and then it is acceptable to God.

The effect was overnight. Traditionally in the marketing world, it takes weeks or even months to generate acceptable awareness and traffic. Here we saw traffic spike overnight.

The draft common document presented by China host is acceptable to all parties.

The heights are Donald Trump size - huge buildings. There is a real serious issue whether that's an acceptable paradigm for what high-rise development should be on the East Side.

the dogma that women using contraception must menstruate is changing, and (a reversible absence of bleeding) has become more acceptable to women.

The idea that everyone in their lives has played a video game is becoming more acceptable to the general audience. Now we just need to work on the idea that, even out of adolescence, that it's okay to still play.

The idea that tobacco use is normal and that it is socially acceptable because respected adults and others do it encourages kids to pick up the habit. Tobacco-free school policies are helping change the perception that smoking and chew are okay.

The idea of getting married just to make it socially acceptable and then maybe getting divorced later on seems a creepy way to behave.

And that's acceptable to us. In a perfect world, we'd like to see the original House version.

And let's not make any mistake, or gloss over that fact: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are at risk every day of their lives. Not only are we the group most at risk of violence, we are most at risk of job discrimination, losing our families; homophobia retains its title as the last socially acceptable form of bigotry.

Airlines were interested in the bottom line. They want to hire the people to do the security who could do it as cheap as possible. And that's why they gave it to the low bidder, ... It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11th everything has dramatically changed.

It's not acceptable to torture people for being themselves.

The trouble is that all of the steps that have been taken so far don't seem likely to produce an acceptable outcome.

A comprehensive deal is a comprehensive deal, which means all issues are addressed by everyone. Otherwise, it's a piecemeal deal. ... It is not acceptable that we should fall short.

It is time for the government, and for all commanders of police and other security forces involved in policing demonstrations, to recognize that this level of violence against civilians is not acceptable and is against the obligations of the State.

It's not true, and she should be ashamed of herself for saying it. Nothing short of her receiving the contract is acceptable to her.

For instance, one of our representatives was walking through the pool area of one house when he noticed that the water level was low. He immediately filled it to a acceptable level.

It's no more acceptable to lose CBGB than Radio City Music Hall,

It's more acceptable for guys to get old and craggy and become wonderful character actors as they get older, but women aren't allowed to get old and craggy in the same way.

I told them it's not acceptable to leave here without a win. We needed to play with our intensity.

Then we shut the main down a little a bit, so the pressure is acceptable to work on. We excavate the area and install basically what's called a full circle clamp.

It's not acceptable to be No. 3. I'm not going to rest easily until we improve both the quality and the ratings of all our shows.

It's not fair to Brandon Cox and our offense to get in a hole 10-0, ... It's not acceptable and can't happen any more. I thought we were passive, especially early. It allowed the quarterback to get in a rhythm and have some easy throws. Once our guys got their confidence and started tightening down, I thought we did okay.

It's nice to be above expectations, but we're certainly not pleased with the overall results. They're not acceptable results in our view. We have a lot more to do.

That makes you feel like you'll be in line forever. But if you can see the door, even if there are the same number of people, that makes it a lot more emotionally acceptable to stand there.

It's still basically just solving a puzzle, ... Years ago, with poor judgment, I was intrigued to break through security on computer systems. Now I do it with the client's permission, for socially acceptable reasons.

That kind of performance is just not acceptable for Liverpool Football Club,

As a man who tried to explain in his own way that people have to learn to get along with each other. I did it with comedy because that's what I'm familiar with, and I think it's more acceptable to tell it in comedy form. But that's how I'd like to be remembered.

This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood.

You can't keep a democracy going in a functional and constructive way if only 10 percent of the people you represent think your institution is functioning in an acceptable way. That's just not viable.

They now want to expand this to night and they wanted to do this with wet runways, with no acceptable criteria. We just couldn't go that far.

They know the difference between right and wrong and what's acceptable and not acceptable, and they just choose to do otherwise,

They got momentum off that. The whole game could have been different. It's not acceptable for them not to see it. A guy gets paid to do that job. There's absolutely no reason that should be a goal.

Its a sign of troubled times when the concept of pressure becomes an acceptable excuse for ethical shortcuts and moral shortcomings. Pressures are just temptations in disguise and its never been acceptable to give in to temptation. Ethics is about the way things ought to be, not about the way things are. When it comes to ethics, motive is very important. A person of character does the right thing for the right reason. Compliance is about what we must do; ethics is about what we should do. Ethical people often do more than the law requires and less than it allows. The area of discretion between the legal must and the moral should tests our character. Noble talk and framed ethics statements are no substitute for principled conduct. The test is doing the right thing.

It's just not acceptable anymore to litter, just like it's not acceptable anymore to dump anything into rivers or streams.

took to the Senate floor to denounce the president's conduct as immoral and harmful because 'it sends a message of what is acceptable behavior to the larger American family.'

We spent a lot of time talking to shareholders and other stakeholders. We concluded that an increased offer on terms acceptable to Macquarie and its investors is unlikely to be acceptable to LSE shareholders.

We turn real-live, flesh-and-blood women into baby-making machines who are supposed to give us their products and go away. Well, that's not acceptable on a human level and not acceptable on a practical level.

The private sector is making millions each week out of its contracts on the Tube. Yet it is not only failing to deliver promised improvements but has also demonstrably failed to maintain a crucial safety system to acceptable standards.

We will not air Howard Stern on Clear Channel stations until we are assured that his show will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting,

We had supply problems throughout 2005, worsening an already difficult situation. At the same time, terms and conditions to secure more silicon were aggressive and not acceptable to Shell. The silicon dependence of crystalline will remain a challenge to the industry and as such Shell has decided to focus on next-generation technologies.

It is recognized towers are needed in virtually every community. But there is also a notion to make them as acceptable or attractive as possible.

It is state-level security. Their visit is basically to coordinate with our security officials. The venues are acceptable to them.

It's acceptable with its standard side airbags on the side test and also good in the head test, and that's a relatively inexpensive car.

It will be an interim government, and they will be working toward a constitution that's acceptable to indigenous people of this country.

We had to kick off our two best players because of rules infractions, ... The kids probably didn't think we'd do that. Those two were doing things that used to be acceptable in the program, but not now. We needed to make a statement. And the (rest of the T'Wolves) responded real well.

This type of behavior is not acceptable and will not be tolerated in the district.

We cannot recommend purchase until acceptable price points and churn (subscriber turnover) rates become more apparent.

Under-age drinking is becoming acceptable - and the implications for the health of the nation are dire.

Though it will certainly not be easy, we do believe that it shall be possible to identify, by the end of May, a group of people respected and acceptable to Iraqis across the country, to form this caretaker government.

We want to go more mainstream but stick to what we do, ... Every place we go, the people are receptive with the style of music we're doing. And even if we go into a club setting, we're still singing about God. We want to be the people that change the trends of what's acceptable and what's not. We believe it's in our music, really. And I think it's the music that's touched everyone when they deal with us.

It may not be acceptable to him, but it was a significant offer. I think the level of disrespect, if there is any, is pretty minor.

It made it acceptable for women to seek pleasure, married or not,

It's hard to judge people after one game. You have to be ready for more surprises the second game. I think we can hold them to an acceptable number of points. Our offense has to get going.

There were no hard feelings at all. It's not a big deal. I'm sure there are countless topics that will be mutually acceptable in the future.

There's a very good chance that the trials being conducted by Merck will be acceptable, or acceptable pending positive results.

They have spent more time trying to make it okay for you to go to McDonald's with your friends because they ran into a branding problem where it kind of wasn't socially acceptable for older kids.

If Delphi and its union collective bargain group have negotiate something that is represented to the judge by Delphi and the union, who are actually the parties involved, that is acceptable to them and is in the best interest of Delphi getting out of Chapter Eleven and rehabilitating itself, the judge is going to be hard pressed to not accept that.

Collectively, these results indicate that most smokeless tobacco products are not necessarily a safe alternative to smoking and are inferior to medicinal nicotine products with respect to carcinogen exposure, ... Smokeless tobacco products should not be considered an acceptable substitute for cigarette smoking, especially when relatively harmless medicinal nicotine products are available.

I could go on a long rant about how much I despise e-mail. I wish it was more socially acceptable to ignore people.

How specifically to define the one-China principle -- and how concretely to realize it -- is best left to the two sides of the strait on a mutually acceptable basis, ... not to mediate, not to exert pressure, but to understand.

If I cried it's probably crocodile tears. It's hard to see, with an extremist piece of legislation like that, how anything acceptable could result.

I cannot imagine it being acceptable for a doctor to tell a woman that she cannot use her arm fully for the rest of her life.

I don't think there's any good feeling about losing. I think that as a team, we've come a tremendously long way since November and December. In a couple of weeks, we can look back at that and be proud of it, but I don't think it makes this loss more acceptable or make it hurt any less.

For the corps to persuade people that it is part of the solution and not part of the problem, it will have to change its behavior, ... Continuing the practice of spreading funding across a wide range of projects in the hopes of growing the corps program will not be an acceptable answer. We have to return to a situation where the Corps of Engineers is respected for its professional engineering judgment.

He came with a one-point agenda of Kashmir and ... (to) call terrorists 'freedom fighters', ... All this was not acceptable to us.

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.

Equity is the only acceptable goal

I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up.

Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

The only words I'll allow from your mouth are, 'Oh, Gareth,' and 'Yes, Gareth.'" "What about 'More, Gareth'?" "He almost kept a straith face. "That will be acceptable.

I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.

Misfortune is a fact of nature acceptable to women, especially when it falls on other women.

A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not.

There is nothing in words and styles out suitableness that makes them acceptable and effective.

The meeting was short, concise and unanimous. We're all on the same page. The position that's on the table by the players is just not acceptable, and it wasn't acceptable to any of the constituents.

Success tended to make the unorthodox acceptable

I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable.

All feelings are acceptable, but all behavior isn't.