"Obviously, they feel a political imperative to spread this money around, and make the solution more politically acceptable," she said.

In what way could the truth be made acceptable?

Our goal really is to make the car more socially acceptable.

The risks of actions which we have heretofore declined are made acceptable.

"I believe this can be made acceptable to my people."

Reparations of this sort are possible and could be made politically acceptable to many Israelis.

They were all, in any case, "victims," a word that 9/11 made newly acceptable.

The Nicaraguan government has found this policy of amnesty hard to make acceptable to the general public.

"There are ways of making that socially acceptable," he said.

They have become almost commonplace and this, in turn, has made them more socially acceptable.