[General] a few collocations of "accept"

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vil

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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to share with me your considered opinion concerning the following sentences?

They accepted us as their equals.

I accepted that the proposal may be defeated. It defeats the ends of justice.

To their utter astonishment the picture was accepted for the show.

The results of his theoretical investigations were accepted as a valuable contribution.

The beneficiary may accept the bill of exchange as a means of settling a debt.

If you want to go with a group, the team leader should come to accept the mission.

Every student who lives in residence must accept a contract.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

The ruler of the Gulf state of Kuwait issued a decree on Thursday accepting the resignation of the cabinet, which quit earlier in the day, plunging the oil-rich emirate into a fresh political crisis.

Given the above, the Promoter may refuse to accept a nomination or withdraw a nomination at its sole discretion and without prior notification.

This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.

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Tdol

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This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug. - Won't take sounds more natural to me.
 
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