The phrase "accepting a number of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of receiving or agreeing to various items, proposals, or conditions.
Example: "The committee is accepting a number of applications for the scholarship program this year."
Alternatives: "receiving several" or "considering multiple".
In an unprecedented policy shift, our government has unilaterally gone two-thirds of the way, accepting a number of proposals from the United Nations mediator, Matthew Nimetz, as a basis for discussion.
"The offer is subject to the successful bidder accepting a number of conditions that seek to ensure the sporting integrity of league football and the financial viability of the club going forward.
This might sound small, but to undo the effects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been necessary.As for why people behave this way, Dr Simonsohn proposes that after accepting a number of strong candidates, interviewers might form the illogical expectation that a weaker candidate "is due".
This year's group of companies follow a lot of trends that 500 is known for — in particular, accepting a number of non-valley participants and female founders.
Which, incidentally, didn't stop Y Combinator and other top-shelf accelerators from accepting a number of one-founder startups throughout the years, including some big success stories like Pebble's Eric Migicovsky and Dropbox' Drew Houston (though YC's Paul Graham eventually had Houston find a co-founder).
Howe returned to the private sector, accepting a number of corporate directorships.
Editors say they have accepted a number of papers that reviewers have harshly criticized as unworthy of publication and have rejected many that received high plaudits.
Sobhrang is involved in the women's charter movement that is pushing presidential candidates to accept a number of demands during their campaigning.
The government accepted a number of the committee's other recommendations: it is improving debt forecasting and has set new debt collection targets for the Student Loans Company.
Anybody who wants to run a telephone service simply notifies the telecommunications ministry, and accepts a number of obligations (such as providing access to the emergency services).
