Sentence examples for had been acceptable from inspiring English sources

Only 32% of the country felt the government's reconstruction effort had been acceptable.

Readers will finally be able to read what the books could have been like if erotic romance had been acceptable in that day and age, redefining the boundaries and bringing the classics to a new generation of readers.

Among his findings, Mansfield said the loss to the Ngaliwurru and Nungali peoples was "evident" but it was clear they had not wholly lost their connection to country, and that some developments in Timber Creek had been acceptable under Indigenous law.

David Riddle, the chair of the MoD Police Committee, said the force's results in 2014/15 had been "acceptable", but added: "This level of performance effect is only achieved with huge amounts of overtime working… this is not sustainable without risks to employees and security".

Regardless, the very low WQHI should trigger a management response even in the case that aesthetic satisfaction had been acceptable.

He later told the BBC what had been "acceptable 15, 10 years ago is clearly not acceptable now".

That would have been acceptable.

A dose that would previously have been acceptable becomes lethal.

The editor probably realised this wouldn't have been acceptable.

I think, in years past,.500 would have been acceptable.

Presumably, staying in the closet might have been acceptable.