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Discover LudwigThe phrase "admitted to accept" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a sense of acknowledgment or agreement, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He admitted to accept the terms of the agreement, but it was too late."
Alternatives: "acknowledged acceptance" or "agreed to accept".
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Significantly more biology majors (48.1%) than nonmajors (26.8%) admitted to accept evolution and express it openly, but nonmajors (46%) were more reluctant than biology majors (29.1%) to comment on this topic (Sign test two-tail P value ≤ 0.04).
An average of 18.2% biology majors admitted to accept evolution but not discuss it openly to avoid conflicts with friends and family (Fig. 5b; chi-square of percentage values = 14.535, df = 6, P value = 0.024).
About one third or less of the combined freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior responders did not comment on this issue, and one fifth or less of them admitted to accept evolution but not discuss it openly; note that more PC freshman than their counterparts at RWU believe in creationism but do not discuss it openly (sign test two-tail pairwise comparison P ≤ 0.05).
The participants also admitted to accept insulin through learning about benefits of insulin from other people's experience (experiential learning): "After I saw my husband had better sugar control with insulin, I accepted insulin" (5 years of insulin use/ 2 years of having diabetes).
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Blazer also admitted to accepting bribes related to five Concacaf Gold Cup tournaments between 1996 and 2003.
In his guilty plea to securities fraud, Mr. Longueuil admitted to accepting inside information from 2006 until 2010 related to about a half-dozen companies.
Mr Vanhonacker has even admitted to accepting students from large crime families because "if you want to prepare executives to function in Russia, this is the reality".
Lawrence E. Alibozek, a former aide to Gov. John G. Rowland, admitted to accepting bribes for helping to put the fix in for state contracts.
Mr. Delayo, who oversaw crane inspections for the Buildings Department, admitted to accepting money from Michael Sackaris, the owner of Nu-Way Crane Service, to certify the safety of cranes that had not been inspected.
Efforts to show that the president approved his actions will feature prominently in next week's report.The main facts of the other scandal are more firmly established: the president has already admitted to accepting $2m from the sultan of Brunei.
Stanford's former head sailing coach admitted to accepting financial contributions to the sailing program in exchange for providing athletic recommendations to the admission office for two prospective students.
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