Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to allow [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He declined to take the Home Secretary 's advice to close down the Daily Herald , and declined also to allow Churchill to take over the BBC . |
| 2 | Cells were plated out at a maximum initial density of 510 cells per dish and incubated overnight to allow separation of adherent cells ( fibroblasts and macrophages ) from inflammatory cells . |
| 3 | Botham then bowled dismally to allow Greenidge and Haynes to make a good start , after which Richardson clocked up a steady hundred . |
| 4 | Yet when victory beckoned earlier this year in the Australian Masters , he backed off to allow Craig Parry to nip in and take the title . |
| 5 | Trent gave him a nod of thanks and a dollar , then stood aside to allow Gomez into the saloon : ’ Mi casa es su casa , Señor . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |