Sentence examples for be the only acceptable from inspiring English sources

("Both" may be the only acceptable answer).

If he is to leave office early, a referendum should be the only acceptable means.

Mr. Muhammad's lawyers tried to weed out people who might feel that the killings were so horrible that death would be the only acceptable punishment -- without regard to mitigating evidence in the sentencing phase.

The mayor has also come to the realization, the advisers said, that Mr. Levy, 47, may be the only acceptable choice for a notoriously beleaguered position that has attracted few applicants of quality.

With his team trailing, 1-0, and having been outplayed for much of tonight's game against the struggling Buffalo Sabres, Islanders Coach Peter Laviolette had a simple message during the second intermission: victory would be the only acceptable result.

Surely everyone in this room recognises that if we have any ambition as a nation to compete with the best education systems in the OECD, then good has to be the only acceptable standard.

That is the only acceptable course.

Winning is the only acceptable option.

This is the only acceptable approach.

Education is the only acceptable answer.

Prospective research is the only acceptable way.