"it is acceptable to be" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to express that something is considered appropriate or permissible. Example: It is acceptable to be a little nervous before a job interview, but don't let it affect your performance.
Students say that it is acceptable to be different at the academy".
It is acceptable to be five to ten minutes late for an appointment.
Assuming it is acceptable to be dishonest in business dealings simply because "everyone else is doing it" will get Nigeria nowhere; likewise will accepting the rule of the mediocre because "that's just the way it is".
Allowing Major Hasan to maintain his beard "would signal to every subordinate and every sitting accused that it is acceptable to be in noncompliance with judicial orders and Army regulations," the lawyers stated.
It should go without saying that the Yorks are the only element of the royal family it is acceptable to be spellbound by – and I haven't even got to Duchess Fergie's turn at the British Curry Awards yet, which is best described as a tumbleweed madras.
While it is acceptable to be fashionably late for a party, foreigners should still plan a punctual arrival to business meetings, even if that means waiting for a Spaniard to arrive.
It was acceptable to be clumsy.
"It's acceptable to be an actor with a tattoo today.
It was acceptable to be a large goat (cabrón) or even, on occasion, a pubic hair (pendejo), but to be a strawberry was unforgiveable.
A student should feel it's acceptable to be smart, and at the same time to make mistakes, to take intellectual risks.
Eleanor Roosevelt, he said, had a tattoo, a rose on her arm marked F.D.R. "It's acceptable to be a model with a tattoo today," he said.
