Example sentences of "allow [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 2 | The question , therefore , was how to satisfy the aspirations of the political groupings , without allowing them to gain the upper hand ; how to make use of their mobilizing capacities , without these being used to ends other than those approved by the Commander-in-Chief , Generalísimo Franco . |
| 3 | The elections were conducted under a new electoral law passed by the NUP-controlled Assembly in October 1989 , under which additional seats were given to the larger parties , thus allowing them to gain the maximum number of seats with the minimum of votes . |
| 4 | My thanks to David Bogie , studio manager and Fish for their time and patience — and for allowing me to visit the Funny Farm . |
| 5 | They had wanted an outright victory leading to the expulsion of all ‘ fundamentalists ’ , whereas the document allows everyone to join the new party . |
| 6 | It allows them to promote the false claim that the blacks are not fit to run South Africa when clearly they are still at each other 's throats . |
| 7 | The report also allows me to re-confirm the financial contribution that is made to the running costs of the Unit . |
| 8 | This Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventure book allows you to explore the grim fortress of the Great Enchanter from Jack Yeovil 's Warhammer novel Drachenfels , and even to meet Constant Drachenfels himself . |
| 9 | This transfers your weight forwards and allows you to lift the rear foot quickly . |
| 10 | Defining the value for the leading of your body copy , that 's the stuff you 've got the most of — the text in a report or a newsletter , allows you to set the vertical grid . |
| 11 | The scrolled area allows you to input the new module names and their corresponding type . |
| 12 | Undoing the three screws at the back allows you to remove the sturdy metal lid and expose the innards . |
| 13 | It allows you to select the next field to access ( see below ) . |
| 14 | It is with interval and ratio scales that we reach a level of measurement which allows us to use the standard arithmetic operations . |
| 15 | It allows us to segment the external world of experience in all manner of arbitrary ways and to create artificial internal worlds to suit our convenience . |
| 16 | Elizabeth 's father tried to stifle adult love in his children , so that the great courtship had to be conducted mainly by letter — luckily for us , as the correspondence between these two great writers allows us to follow the growing involvement of two passionate and generous people and enjoy the meeting of two lively and imaginative minds . |
| 17 | Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions . |
| 18 | 3 Pipes , waste outlets , sink clips and fittings are included , allowing you to connect the new sink with existing waste pipe |
| 19 | The manufacturer or supplier of your chosen filter should be able to recommend a flow-rate for water passing through the filter , allowing you to choose the right pump from the wide range available . |
| 20 | The information is accessed by slipping the disc into the electronic book player , allowing you to select the best golf courses in Europe by country and by difficulty , length , green fees and a host of other criteria . |
| 21 | Their affinity with the right rather than the left allowed them to overlook the genuine nature of the fascist threat . |
| 22 | Coghill allowed him to understudy the leading part , ‘ the complicated sex-driven Puritan ’ , Angelo . |
| 23 | In spite of Paxford 's strong left-wing views , Minto idolized him and allowed him to occupy the same sort of position in her household as John Brown had occupied at the court of Queen Victoria . |
| 24 | Polygnotos , it is clear from Pausanias 's description , took two important steps which allowed him to express the classical spirit without the constrictions of the archaic tradition . |
| 25 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 26 | Those who are inclined towards reform reversal , place much more weight on the way the long dominance of the Conservative LDP party allowed it to pack the Supreme Court with its own nominees , so that the independence of the Judiciary is a myth . |
| 27 | Quantum mechanics may be peculiar but not to the extent of allowing one to obtain the square root of minus one as the result of an experiment ! |
| 28 | In a breathing session exertion is always balanced by a resting time , allowing one to experience the deeper respiration that comes from stillness and repose . |
| 29 | The cash will help companies and inventors developing new products which need patent protection and allow them to exploit the technical information available . |
| 30 | Table mats will protect the surface but also allow you to enjoy the natural beauty of the wood grain . |