Sentence examples for accommodating not from inspiring English sources

It can be rectangular, accommodating not two basketballs but four gallons of milk.

Man's idealized angle of repose in this natural world was accommodating, not challenging; his role was to fit into it rather than to transform it for his own purposes.

He and Ballesteros told me that one of the challenges they face in the protective-clothing business is accommodating not only different fashion sensibilities but also different kinds of threat.

But elsewhere, Mrs. Thatcher was less belligerently defiant and more pragmatically accommodating: not only in the case of Hong Kong, where she initiated negotiations with China that would culminate in the 1997 transfer, but also in Rhodesia, where she was determined to face down the Tory right, and bring about an independence settlement.

"I think most successful restaurateurs ultimately wind up becoming more accommodating, not less, you know?" That's true at Del Posto, the serene palace of Italian fine dining that is one of just five restaurants to be given four stars by the New York Times.

The observed frictional properties of the smectite-rich pelagic sediment appear to be responsible for accommodating not only the cumulative plate motion over interseismic periods but also the coseismic slip during the Tohoku earthquake.

"N.G.O.'s should be accommodated, not fought against.

Two shows were held in order to accommodate not one but two front row special guests.

They are meant to accommodate not only cars but important infrastructure of all kinds, from water pipes to bus routes.

On the other hand, they might just implement a policy that accommodates not just those who enjoy the current system, but also those who don't.

"We have to run the Senate in a way that accommodates not only our caucus interests, but the interests of the country".