Example sentences of "be allowed [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that a girl would ever be allowed to touch the great hammers or take the white-hot metal from the furnace with the giant tongs . |
| 2 | Statements by Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan ibn Abdel Aziz on Oct. 20 , and by King Fahd on Oct. 23 , caused some concern to the US government in particular because of the apparent suggestion that Iraq might be allowed to negotiate an advantageous realignment of its border with Kuwait if it were to abandon its occupation . |
| 3 | Only after being punctured by a giant hypodermic needle , dunked in a cold swimming pool and having every part of their bodies weighed and measured will they be allowed to enjoy a celebratory drink . |
| 4 | ENGLAND 'S rugby side will be allowed to sing the National Anthem at Twickenham today after all . |
| 5 | Should they be allowed to conduct a formal hearing ? |
| 6 | Mr. Watkinson accepted that the closing words of section 69(1) place a difficulty in his way , but he maintained that this difficulty can not be allowed to outweigh the clear words of Lord Bridge of Harwich . |
| 7 | The talks were also jeopardized by events surrounding plans by the South to open the border with the North for five days from Aug. 13 ; the North insisted that dissidents from the South should be allowed to attend a pro-unification rally in Panmunjom on Aug. 15 to celebrate the anniversary of Korean liberation from the Japanese rule [ see p. 37657 ] . |
| 8 | Nothing should be allowed to disturb the emotional flow , nor should the interest be given the chance to lapse . |
| 9 | Perhaps — the insanities of the theatre world permitting — we will be allowed to watch an extraordinary career develop . ’ |
| 10 | We were now in the 20th century irrevocably , ‘ part of an age where we must be allowed to take the possible risks of our own knowledge . ’ |
| 11 | In addition , the opposition will be allowed to publish a daily newspaper with a circulation of 500,000 . |
| 12 | They are not so insignificant that they can be ignored ; but nor are they so important that they can be allowed to kill the only prospect for peace that does not involve a fight to a standstill . |
| 13 | The ‘ overlord ’ experiment should not be allowed to create a distorted impression of Churchillian style . |
| 14 | They will not be allowed to use the new equipment or the new buildings . |
| 15 | These job descriptions are also contained in Appendix A. Although a familiarity with these tasks on paper is important to achieve an understanding of bureau work , their expansiveness should not be allowed to deter the potential applicant . |
| 16 | They were not to be employed in the sick wards , and under no circumstances was an inmate to be allowed to nurse a sick fellow . |
| 17 | Everyone will be allowed to view the original design sketch , only the " designer " menu will allow modifications to be made to that level of data . |
| 18 | The declaration even hinted that the six might really be allowed to leave the Soviet Union . |
| 19 | In the circumstances of the current re–organisation however , employees will be allowed to retain the new level of protected hours , in a higher grade post if the result is a saving due to the reduction in staff numbers , either in the post they are vacating or in a lower graded post further down the structure or if his replacement is being appointed on the grade and hours required in the final structure . |
| 20 | Although religious history may be interpreted to indicate that this struggle has been undertaken at the behest of , or in support of , some extraterrestrial ‘ god ’ , this is not really correct , and none of those ancient ‘ gods ’ must be allowed to usurp the rightful place of the emerging Created God . |
| 21 | The travellers say they should be allowed to lead a nomadic life . |
| 22 | PR , they say , can not be allowed to obscure the other changes which Labour must make : a drastic reduction in the influence of the trade unions , which voters find increasingly repellent , and recruitment of a broader basis of support . |
| 23 | The Institution of Civil Engineers said in evidence to the Lords : ‘ The fact that there has been no major disaster in the United Kingdom for more than 50 years should not be allowed to obscure the ever-increasing danger in the future . |
| 24 | Furthermore , its spire could not exceed thirty feet — it could not be allowed to dominate the Protestant church at the northern entrance to Carewstown . |
| 25 | One theoretical possibility which is thought not to be found in actual practice would be for the plaintiff , in a state of origin which regarded service as a matter for the parties to handle , to be allowed to make a direct approach to the Justice Ministry or other central authority of the state of destination . |
| 26 | But since ministers , including the Prime Minister , are so fond of using statistics for the purposes of debate , they can not be allowed to make the contradictory claim that these figures are irrelevant . |
| 27 | Israel , he said , would be allowed to complete a pre-agreed number of houses which were in the process of construction in the occupied territories at the start of 1992 , in exchange for US$300 million in guarantees immediately and the remaining US$9,700 million staggered over six years . |
| 28 | It now falls between all stools and can not be allowed to suffer a lingering death any longer . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |