Now the changes are generally accepted and welcomed.
"Some of us accepted, even welcomed, test wells on our properties.
"And anyone who can come to our team and help us win is going to be accepted and welcomed.
Surely, if things did not work out as the nationalists hope, Scotland would be accepted – even welcomed – back?
Gillerman said that this was "to a very great extent the result of Mort briefing him, coaching him, and telling him what would be accepted and welcomed".
They are an accepted, even welcomed, part of the financial landscape, seen as protectors of the savings of millions of working individuals and as more conservative and reliable than many other investment funds.
In football, Chelsea, under new ownership, went on a spending spree while David Beckham scored his first competitive goal for Real Madrid: "It's nice to be accepted and welcomed as well as I have been," he said.
Was it true that in this institution, which prides itself on openness and debate, we have to conform to one man's singular view of the world to be accepted and welcomed?
Birmingham City Council said it "accepted and welcomed" the report and was working to address the issues.
It is therefore uncertain whether the new framework will be accepted and welcomed by these governmental departments and the curriculum developers working for the departments, and how motivated they will be to redesign curricula and prepare teachers for new curriculum requirements.
