The phrase "accepted by a number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that has received approval or recognition from multiple sources or individuals.
Example: "The new policy was accepted by a number of stakeholders during the meeting."
Alternatives: "endorsed by several" or "recognized by many."
Through his popularity the family were accepted by a number of people who had heretofore ignored them.
This was a case of practices that were clearly accepted by a number of officers, known about by more, and tolerated, if not sanctioned, by the corrections system itself.
While, as the article noted, the findings were generally accepted by a number of experts, some argued that the decline in busing to achieve racial integration has resulted in some public schools that are more segregated than before.
Applications are accepted by a number of regional passport agencies in various cities, by the clerks of certain federal and state courts, by certain designated post offices, libraries, and other government facilities, and by U.S. consular authorities abroad.
The doctrine was based on Pauline Scripture but has not been accepted by a number of Christian sects and interpreters, especially among those Christians who consider the story of Adam and Eve less a fact and more a metaphor of the relation of God and man.
This index was accepted by a number of researchers in the water industry and a lot of research work were done based on it.
The five classes of green algae given below are accepted by a large number of phycologists, but at least an equal number of phycologists would suggest one of many alternative classification schemes.
Today Bitcoin is accepted by a small number of retailers, and David Woo, head of global rates and currencies research at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, believes that most do so simply for the publicity it earns them.
The danger begins when the basic rules of liberal democracy are no longer accepted by a growing number of leading politicians -- and this is exactly what worries Meridor: Many Likud MKs are expressing rabid nationalism with ever-stronger racist undertones.
To compare and assess submitted indirect comparisons it would be desirable that a transparent process was established, including the mandatory publication of HTA-reports within Europe and international guidelines, accepted by a large number of HTA-agencies.
Originally, he thought the card would be accepted by a limited number of merchants.
