Example sentences of "[adv] to allow [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | If pure sands can be given sufficient organic matter to retain moisture and provide plant nutrients , they need no further structure as the pores between sand particles are large enough to allow drainage and sand can not be compacted into a ‘ pan ’ . |
| 2 | The prevalent analyses of causation seem justifiably only to allow events and possibly agents as causes . |
| 3 | I got a room in the inn , and despite the windiness of the house and the army of earwigs that people it , I was very snug : a friend who has been there in winter gives amusing particulars regarding the draughts that are vocal as well as felt in this palace of the winds ; he found it necessary to nail up his bed-room windows with many plies of blanket , and thus to allow day and night to glide unnoted past , for all was dark — yet were not the breathings of the winds hushed ! |
| 4 | The operation also entailed taking a huge swathe of land permanently to allow repairs and maintenance to take place and would disrupt farming much more than pylons would . |
| 5 | The attendants stood back to allow Erlich and the Station Chief to go on their own to the centre of the room where the two stretchers were parked on their wheeled bases , draped with green sheeting . |
| 6 | Botham then bowled dismally to allow Greenidge and Haynes to make a good start , after which Richardson clocked up a steady hundred . |