Sentence examples for acceptable territory from inspiring English sources

Because, you see, though "Madame Bovary" was truly scandalous when it was released, it cannot shock now, in part due to Playboy and its role in, shall we say, defining deviancy downward; and in part due to "Bovary" itself — having been written (and successful), it changed the standards for what was acceptable territory for fiction.

"I am the marketing source and it is my job to make the music acceptable in other territories".

Khalil Shikaki says that Barghouti is the most popular leader in the Palestinian territories, acceptable to both Fatah and Hamas supporters, in part because he has remained defiant in prison.

Her challenge to women who called themselves emancipated — "consider the idea of tasting your own menstrual blood" — didn't really mean anything, but it was thrilling just to know that somebody had traveled that far out into the territory of acceptable female behavior and planted her flag there.

That exclusivity was reinforced by a 1980 law, the Interbrand Competition Act, which holds that as long as competition exists, exclusive territories are acceptable.

He also questioned what "credible and acceptable" ground forces could hold territory freed from Isis by an intensified air campaign.

Islamist rebels had taken over much of the northern half of Mali; having anti-government rebels occupying a town in government territory was not acceptable.

Megan's words to her Dad reflect much affliction: "Dad, your vote for Donald Trump makes me feel like anytime I have been touched inappropriately, spoken to offensively, or talked down to, was because I am a woman and that such treatment is not only acceptable, but comes with the territory".

Aboriginal identification in mortality and hospital data collections held by the Australian Institute of Heath and Welfare (AIHW) are only considered acceptable for data from Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia (WA) and more recently Queensland [ 6, 7].

"Palestinian Authority," "occupied territories" and "occupied Palestinian territories" are no longer acceptable.

The loss of part of their territory would be an acceptable price for their own survival.