Sentence examples for Accepted phrase from inspiring English sources
It is of more than passing interest to consider why the latter became the accepted phrase.
Illegal immigrant isn't a technocratic legal term, it's a widely accepted phrase that describes something we all understand quite well.
My wife at the time and I were advised by a Veterinarian to "put her to sleep" (an accepted phrase I do not understand).
According to the family, and contrary to the idiom's accepted usage, the phrase a three-ring circus should be used to imply that meticulous, thorough, and uncompromising attention has been paid to the work.
Phrases that rely on an accepted idea of men and women are so prevalent that even Harriet Harman MP, a woman who has done so much for gender equality that her surname is often changed to "Harperson", told a fellow politician to "man up" before apologising.
The letter should also include phrasing such as "Agreed to and Accepted by," or similar wording, followed by the signatures of both the buyer and seller.
The global impact of both the book and the movie introduced the phrase "The War of the Roses" into accepted legal jargon describing extreme hatred or cruelty engendered in divorce proceedings.
As I've said before, "the surge is working" is working -- not the actual surge but the phrase "the surge is working," which has become accepted conventional wisdom.
The phrase is particularly associated with Gustave Flaubert, who in his Le Dictionnaire des idées reçues (published posthumously in 1913; Flaubert's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas) mocked the use of clichés and platitudes and the uncritical reliance on accepted ideas.
