The phrase "accepts an obligation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing responsibilities, commitments, or duties that someone agrees to take on.
Example: "By signing the contract, the company accepts an obligation to deliver the services as promised."
Alternatives: "takes on a responsibility" or "assumes a duty."
When we use such sources, we accept an obligation not only to convince a reader of their reliability but also to convey what we can learn of their motivation.
As the policy states, the use of unidentified sources requires the paper to "accept an obligation not only to convince a reader of their reliability but also to convey what we can learn of their motivation".
In March 2004, management issued a revised policy on anonymous sources that included this stricture: "When we use such sources, we accept an obligation not only to convince a reader of their reliability but also to convey what we can learn of their motivation". Several weeks ago, I asked Williams to look at the first full week of April once again, a year later.
In a civilized and rich country like the United States, it is reasonable for society to accept an obligation to ensure that all residents have affordable access to at least basic health care -- much as we accept the same obligation to assure a reasonable level of housing, education and nutrition.
This requirement would imply a compact between the U.S. government and its citizens: in return for the government's accepting an obligation to devise a market-based system guaranteeing access to care and protecting all families from financial distress due to the cost of an illness, each individual must agree to obtain a minimum level of protection.
Now that the U.S. has joined the international community in affirming the Declaration, and therefore accepted an obligation to work toward enforcing Article 36 and the many other human rights protections it affords to indigenous peoples, will it continue with its plan to construct walls that dissect indigenous homelands and trample burial grounds?
These bonds developed in the United States out of railroad reorganizations, when investors holding defaulted bonds were willing to accept an income obligation in exchange for their own securities because of its bond form; the issuer for his part was less vulnerable to the danger of another bankruptcy because interest on the new income bonds was contingent on earnings.
Reluctant to accept a blanket obligation, American negotiators wanted to limit the definition of aggression to (unlikely) conventional attacks by land, sea or air.
The Wrigleys' solutions to their bison problems, while imperfect, suggested that they accepted a moral obligation to care for them.
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).
