If neither are acceptable in the end, then I get other friends who respect my time.

On the other hand, it is hard to find any act that was not acceptable in some society.

"There was a time when I didn't think these things were acceptable in a fine restaurant."

Even critics of the program said changes had made it more acceptable in recent years.

It had become "acceptable" in the last few days for the army to take over, he said.

"They are so young, and no level of lead is acceptable in the human body."

What was acceptable in the past may no longer be the case.

We're open to just about anything, so long as it's acceptable in a family newspaper.

"But what he did is not acceptable in the state of Michigan."

That is not acceptable in an area of freedom, security and justice.