Sentence examples for common and accepted from inspiring English sources

Although computers were still rare and often regarded as a threat to employment, calculators were common and accepted in offices.

In some other developing countries, especially those in Latin America and the Caribbean, that kind of crossover is more common and accepted, however.

So common and accepted are the procedures, these people say, that they can even be viewed as they occur, for example, on "The Today Show," and through show windows in shopping malls, alongside the pizza shops and lingerie emporiums.

"When misconduct is common and accepted by financial services professionals, the integrity of our entire financial system is at risk," Jordan Thomas, partner and chair of the law firm's whistle-blower representation practice, said in a statement.

"It would appear," Mr. Lowenfels said, "that one of the reasons that it costs investors more to execute trades on Nasdaq is the damaging practice of payment for order flow, which is unfortunately becoming more common and accepted among market participants.

Although it is a common, and accepted, practice for political candidates to assign staff members to research their rivals, the use of private investigators is controversial because such investigators are not directly supervised by campaign staff members and often pride themselves on using intimidation or deception to gain information.

From single parents to gay couples to open adoptions (in which the birth mother and adoptive parents are in contact), "alternative" family units are increasingly common -- and accepted -- in society, while the nuclear family is no longer taken for granted, or even necessarily as the goal.

Citizenship means there are common rules and accepted standards.

Shown in the structural formulas below are two isomeric benzopyridines (upper pair) and two isomeric dibenzopyridines (lower pair), with their common names and accepted numberings.

By 2011, social investment had become a common language and accepted paradigm among ECEC policy actors in Atlantic Canada.

By the time the Gospels were circulated, it was both common parlance and accepted doctrine.