Sentence examples for acceptable to pick from inspiring English sources

The law states it is acceptable to pick 1.5kg per person, per day, but it is a grey area – if everyone on these foraging courses picks that, it amounts to a lot of mushrooms.

Which is why we thought we'd finally get around to piecing together The VICE Guide to House Parties: a kind of Anarchist's Cookbook to deploy against people who still think it's acceptable to pick up that acoustic guitar.

Which is why we thought we'd finally get round to piecing together The VICE Guide to House Parties: a kind of Anarchist's Cookbook to deploy against people who still think it's acceptable to pick up that acoustic guitar.

While it's fine to simply compliment someone's entire outfit, it's also acceptable to pick one specific part or aspect of the guy's style and focus on that instead.

“It’s a socially acceptable way to pick apart the life of someone who seems to have everything,” says psychologist Kaufman.

Dinner in London rarely starts before 7 30 p.m., and it is perfectly acceptable for a woman to pick up the check if she initiated the meal, says Charlton.

But wouldn't it be nice if in return it was totally acceptable to leave work early to pick your kids up from school, or for a sports day to take precedence over a board meeting?

Overall, participants said that the card sort method was acceptable and made it easy to pick their interpretation of a statistical concept.

It holds that in parts of the country where etiquette codes are stronger, voters may tell pollsters that they plan to pick the most broadly acceptable choice (especially an establishment-backed front-runner like Mr. Romney) rather than disclosing their first preference.

Let the kids know of your intention to get them a pet, let them know what kinds of pets are acceptable in your home, and take them to pick out a pet themselves.

Before 1973, sending a proxy to pick up your Oscar was acceptable, but when Marlon Brando deputised a Native American activist, who then rebuffed the award, it led to the practice being outlawed.