Sentence examples for rules of acceptability from inspiring English sources

We've arrived at that realm where the physical body has decreed an entirely new set of rules of acceptability.

Drag Race, like all drag and the queer, doesn't, and shouldn't, play by our rules of acceptability.

Adopting a 4 : 6 : X rule of acceptability for the QCs could mean at best that 33% of the patient samples will also not fall within the acceptance limits.

Of course swearing would be fruitless were there not unspoken rules of decency and acceptability in everyday life.

Recent contributions such as the Gibson trade-off rules have significantly progressed thinking in this area by suggesting appropriate acceptability criteria for evaluating substantive trade-offs arising from proposed development, as well as process rules for how evaluations of acceptability should occur.

Definitions and rules of hierarchy for surrogate acceptability were evolved for the analysis, as each additional recommendation added complexity to the task.

Ofcom received almost 3,000 complaints about the incident, but the watchdog ruled that while the pop stars' performances did not breach broadcasting rules, they were "at the limit" of acceptability.

In 2011, the dance routines by Rihanna and Aguilera were both cleared of breaching broadcasting rules by Ofcom, but the regulator said they were "at the limit" of acceptability for a pre-watershed broadcast.

The regulator received a total of 2,868 complaints about the programme but ruled yesterday that the broadcast – while being "at the very margin of acceptability" for a pre-watershed show – was not in breach of its code.

Controversial dance routines by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera during last December's The X Factor final were "at the limit" of acceptability for pre-9pm broadcast, but did not breach broadcasting rules, media regulator Ofcom has said.

But even some accountants who are extremely critical of Enron's accounting now say that accounting rules -- including one that was influenced by Enron when it was being written -- give at least a veneer of acceptability to some of the most widely questioned Enron accounting practices.