The phrase "accepted the validity of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when acknowledging or agreeing with the truth or legitimacy of something, such as a claim, argument, or theory.
Example: "After reviewing the evidence, the committee accepted the validity of the research findings presented by the scientists."
Alternatives: "acknowledged the legitimacy of" or "recognized the truth of".
Joseph Picchi, a D.M.V. spokesman, declined to confirm or deny that the state accepted the validity of tickets issued by Old Field or Patchogue as valid.
Now the citizenship agency has accepted the validity of the workers' claims.
Chevron never accepted the validity of the Ecuadorean judgment, and has looked for any opening to discredit it.
Francis also said a Vatican committee had accepted the validity of a second miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul.
He even accepted the validity of some of Castro's attacks on America's own civil rights problems and lack of guaranteed healthcare, also acknowledging local fears of a US corporate invasion once trade restrictions are finally lifted.
Despite intense lobbying by Chris Smith, the Culture Secretary of the time, the Treasury - and Gordon Brown - never accepted the validity of any of the arguments presented to them by Smith and his colleagues.
This is of course only valid if one accepts the validity of the genera Polygonia and Nymphalis, which some consider to be a single genus Nymphalis, along with our Aglais [e.g., [ 40, 41]].
Students whose high school biology course included evolution (but not creationism) were significantly more likely (72% versus 58%) to accept the validity of evolutionary theory ("evolution is a scientifically valid theory"), science-based claims about the age of the earth, the mutability of species (75% versus 60%), and humans being the product of evolution (71% versus 55%).
Yet for no reading of "if" which is stronger than the truth-functional reading is CP valid — at least this is so if we treat "&" and "~" in the classical way and accept the validity of the inference: (I) ~(A&~B); A; therefore B. Suppose CP is valid for some interpretation of "If A, B".
As previously noted by Salo et al [ 10], accepting the validity of any scoring system for quantifying joint damage requires the acceptance of the assumption that the severity of OA/joint damage can be determined histologically.
** *** ** Q: So the answer accepts the validity of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution?
