Example sentences of "[adv] to allow a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The tomb consisted of an oblong brick vault with an arched roof high enough to allow a person buried in it to sit up with care when visited by the two examining angels , Munkar and Nekeer . |
2 | It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off . |
3 | Last year you were kind enough to allow a skip to be placed in the Mill Yard for the collection of large items of household rubbish . |
4 | In past years you have been kind enough to allow a skip to be sited on the Mill Yard for the collection of large items of household rubbish . |
5 | Right : Pathway round a lawn is set into grass , low enough to allow a mower to pass over it |
6 | The baggage area behind that is quite spacious , although the small baggage door is only just big enough to allow a flight size case through , which means anything larger needs to be manhandled over the seats . |
7 | One tree was large enough to allow a motorcar to pass through it . |
8 | Forward of the deckhouse are four more cabins , two on each side of a passageway wide enough to allow a sailbag to be dragged through but not so wide as to be dangerous at sea . |
9 | This ‘ co-operatively rearranging region ’ is large enough to allow a transition to a new conformation , hence is determined by the chain conformation and by definition will equal the sample size at T 2 where only one conformation is available to each molecule . |
10 | In fact , if you have a cold greenhouse or well-lit shed , I think there is a good case for removing all containerised aquatic plants and overwintering them in trays just deep enough to allow an inch of water over the compost in the pots . |
11 | The first-year curricula for Mathematics and for Mathematics and Statistics are identical ; and the second-year curricula agree sufficiently to allow a student to delay the final choice between the two until the beginning of the third year . |