Example sentences of "allowing it [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Blind off the sub-base with a layer of coarse sand allowing it to fill the remaining holes .
2 The HHA is to undertake a major dredging scheme at the port this year and is eager to co-operate with the NRA by allowing it to use the extracted sand , clay , gravel and rock as a barrier to sea erosion on sites like The Naze .
3 For B&O , form has long been as important as function , allowing it to avoid the open-sandwich school of Danish design .
4 Basel takes place right at the end of the season after the New York contemporary art auctions , allowing it to have the last word on the state of the market .
5 Here he quickly became notorious for his stern management which turned the shipyard round , allowing it to survive the financial embarrassment of the owner in 1855 .
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