Example sentences of "not be allowed [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ overlord ’ experiment should not be allowed to create a distorted impression of Churchillian style . |
| 2 | But while there is tremendous pressure to get more black and Asian characters into stories , a publisher told PEN an author would not be allowed to have a black villain . |
| 3 | The existence of this silent period is to be expected in virtually all natural acquisition settings , but in a formal classroom setting the individual may not be allowed to have a silent period . |
| 4 | It now falls between all stools and can not be allowed to suffer a lingering death any longer . |
| 5 | They must not be allowed to train a new and superior élite , and free places in them ( when and where they are introduced ) should go not only to the cleverest but to those who need a boarding education . |