Example sentences of "is allowed [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Otaka ensures that nothing is allowed to detract from the overview , yet he allows his orchestra sufficient freedom to shape phrases affectionately without every suffocating them .
2 The longer seed is allowed to form in the pods , the shorter the productive life of the plants will be .
3 The particles of resin act as an acid resist , the acid attacks the plate between the resin granules producing minute irregular dots bitten into the plate , the tone of which can be controlled by the length of time the plate is allowed to remain in the acid .
4 A bias current is allowed to flow into the base via VR1 and R1 .
5 One such , ‘ Woman washing her face ’ by Utamaro ( one of only two dozen paintings known by him ) is arresting for the space that is allowed to resonate around the figure unlike the tightly cropped subjects in Ukiyo-e prints .
6 Only the jumper is allowed to move for the ball with either his inside arm or with two arms .
7 You can leave your pension in the fund , as described above , and additionally contribute to a personal pension , providing your contributions do not exceed the allowed Inland Revenue limit , i.e. two-thirds of final salary ( or whatever is allowed according to the rules of the scheme ) .
8 Under the writ of acceleration procedure he is allowed to sit in the Lords , as Lord Cecil , even though his father , the Marquess of Salisbury , is still alive .
9 His seeming determination to be confused with the distinguished British artist is evident in the recent press release advertising an exhibition of his work in which he refers to his emphasis on non-commissioned portrait drawings which ‘ entail months , even years , of work with the sitter , while very little peripheral material such as smaller studies , sculpture , and etchings is allowed to emerge from the studio ’ .
10 punctuation that is allowed to fall outside the margins instead of staying within the measure of the text .
11 British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p .
12 Here he is , h h he has the very unpleasant duty of explaining and justifying the drafting of this measure a a and I do hope it would be , it would be really rather an unexpected realisation of an ambition , but nevertheless one hopes eternal if my Noble Friend were to get up and say that as a result these few remarks that I have been tempted to make that some kind of effort is going to be made to tidy up as th th the processes whereby er such stuff appears , is allowed to appear on the pages of the Statute Book er er I do recall that when the Charities Bill was going through several committees , my Noble Friend was n't who who was d d dealing with the Bill in , on behalf of the Government was exceedingly helpful and I hope that he will show the same degree of goodwill today er and , and , and er h if he 's very clear and devote is very considerable energies to persuading those professional obs obfuscators who are responsible for this kind of garbage to do better in the future .
13 Thus , in the ammonia example above , if ammonia , NH3 , is allowed to escape from the reaction system , the reaction can not achieve equilibrium .
14 Searle 's position can have cogency only if he can show that a computer which is allowed to look through the window ( and preferably touch things as well ) could not succeed , though in these conditions the Westerner would succeed .
15 The imbrikia are heated on the stove , and when the sugar has dissolved the coffee is allowed to come to the boil , forming a creamy froth on top called kaimak .
16 No taboo or sentiment is allowed to enter into the question , ‘ when to choose peace , when to choose war ? ’
17 But there is only injustice when preventable suffering is allowed to persist to the point where a person would rather be dead .
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