Example sentences of "allow [pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | The fact that some policewomen carry out both sets of duties allows them to contrast the two types of community relations , with general community relations work being seen as ‘ fun ’ and juvenile liaison as more demanding and difficult . |
| 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 | A deluxe hotel enjoying a peaceful location and overlooking the wide expanse of the Gulf of Siam , the Dusit Resort is a stunning complex which allows you to enjoy the many benefits of its beachside location , without foregoing comfort and top-class service . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The scrolled area allows you to input the new module names and their corresponding type . |
| 13 | Undoing the three screws at the back allows you to remove the sturdy metal lid and expose the innards . |
| 14 | It allows you to select the next field to access ( see below ) . |
| 15 | It allows us to record the principal ideas , key concepts , competing explanatory theories and illustrations used . |
| 16 | It is with interval and ratio scales that we reach a level of measurement which allows us to use the standard arithmetic operations . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This model allows us to calculate the average trends in the binding energies of nuclei , but it predicts incorrectly that all nuclei should have a spherical shape , which varies as the cube root of the atomic weight , just as the radius of a liquid drop varies as the cube root of its mass . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 3 Pipes , waste outlets , sink clips and fittings are included , allowing you to connect the new sink with existing waste pipe |
| 22 | The boats connect all major tourist attractions allowing you to enjoy the beautiful sights of Amsterdam on the way . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Their affinity with the right rather than the left allowed them to overlook the genuine nature of the fascist threat . |
| 26 | They reconstructed their Y6N17 compositions from averages of microprobe data and modal analyses of three groundmass minerals , including albite ( see figure ) , asserting that this technique allowed them to avoid the contaminating effects of xenoliths and secondary mineralization that pervade the sample . |
| 27 | Coghill allowed him to understudy the leading part , ‘ the complicated sex-driven Puritan ’ , Angelo . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |