The nation will not accept anything less than excellence in education.

He had also seen to it that the other nations, no matter how reluctant, would accept their handiwork.

The nation shall not accept the status of a mandate or a protectorate.

Over 150 nations have accepted the invitation to the Games.

He assures her that Islamic nations will never accept a woman as leader of the free world.

The new nation has accepted an invitation to become the 50th member of the Commonwealth.

Other nations accept that the arms race is over.

Today, the younger Bush said, "free nations must accept our shared obligations to keep the peace."

And many nations simply cannot accept more orders because they would exceed American quotas.

He said the administration's doctrine was "a call for 21st-century American imperialism that no other nation can or should accept."