accepted rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacceptedandrule
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accepted
adjective
uk/əkˈsep.tɪd/us/əkˈsep.t̬ɪd/
generally agreed to be satisfactory ...
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rule
noun
uk/ruːl/us/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition ofacceptedandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofaccepted rule
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However, these plays seem at first to be exceptions to a generallyacceptedrule.
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Both of these neat proposals need to be revised given the possibility in a community of lack of a jointlyacceptedruleof recognition.
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We could be a bit bolder and consider the following conditions for attributions of legal systems, even in the absence of a jointlyacceptedruleof recognition.
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What we cannot do is unilaterally change that principle in this country if it is theacceptedruleelsewhere.
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But to-day we all so much agree that co-operation is theacceptedruleand practice, and we have all the war-time experience to build on.
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I am warned that it will be inaccurate to say that there is a generallyacceptedruleof international law upon this point.
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In striving to improve the security situation we have rested upon one fundamental and essential base—that is, to act within theacceptedruleof law.
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The advertising was highly controversial because it violated theacceptedruleof not attacking the competition.
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They are, however, forbidden if they contravene any generallyacceptedrule.
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According to theacceptedrule, with the diameter or circumference alone given, the other can not be exactly told.
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The cost for ordinary equipment support is generally about 10% of the original purchase price on a yearly basis, as a commonlyacceptedrule-of-thumb.
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He argues that it is anacceptedrulethat the various language versions must be considered together, with the ambiguities of one version elucidated by the other.
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When the kickoff style is open to variance after each score, the desired rules are called out and whichever is heard first, is theacceptedrule.
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