Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [adv] allow " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , knowledge of abilities does not allow us to predict performance — only to predict the potential to perform . |
| 2 | The state of the country 's finances does n't allow this Government , or its successor , to wave a magic wand over the housing problem but there is more that could be done . |
| 3 | This was their way of making the celebrated assertion that quantum mechanics does not allow a separation between observer and the system observed . |
| 4 | Our unequal arms might well take up the difference in line lengths when flying one way ; but the perverse nature of our natural reactions does n't allow the same correction when flying the other way . |
| 5 | That the expansion of exports falls well short of absorbing the growth in manufacturing output suggests that something of this kind must have happened , as does the fact that the nature of the new products does not allow for explanation in terms of extra spending on luxuries by high-income earners . |
| 6 | Being on six floors does not allow for sweeping vistas , but this is not a shop in which one can get lost any more . |