One faction simply accepted what happened and moved on.

Here was a reasonable solution that both factions could accept.

Washington urges all factions to accept it.

This is a country, he noted, where factions of the perennially ruling party accept on faith their right to take turns at the helm.

Once all three factions have accepted the plan, the internatioal community plans to send a large and heavily armed peacekeeping force to Bosnia to oversee compliance.

The pro-treaty faction under Michael Collins accepted partition and believed the treaty would eventually lead to a republic.

Following defeat in war the conquering country or faction may not accept paper currency of the vanquished, and the paper becomes worthless.

The factions that supported John of Antioch acquiesced in the condemnation of Nestorius and, after additional clarifications, accepted the decisions of Cyril's council.

They hope that a moderate faction - perhaps led by the current prime minister, Hun Sen - will accept a role as the junior partner in a coalition government.

Mr. Abbas's main achievement has been to persuade the armed Palestinian factions to accept a "cooling-off period."