Example sentences of "and [adv] to allow [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Cigaro ( Glasgow ) Ltd. v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1983 S.L.T. 549 it was held not to be a breach of natural justice to hear only submissions and not to allow evidence to be led , where this was the practice of the licensing board . |
| 2 | The co-operation of Western creditor government and private banks was sought in providing a global solution to foreign debt burdens , and thus to allow scope for realistic economic and social development strategies which also protected the environment and controlled the production of drugs . |
| 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 UN Security Council met repeatedly during August in response to the Gulf crisis and passed five resolutions [ see box ] , moving on from its first and immediate condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ( Resolution 660 on Aug. 2 ) , to impose mandatory sanctions ( Resolution 661 on Aug. 6 ) , and later to allow states to use their naval forces for " measures " to ensure implementation of such sanctions ( Resolution 665 on Aug. 25 ) , while also rejecting the Iraqi annexation of Kuwait ( Resolution 662 on Aug. 9 ) and demanding freedom of departure from , and consular access to , foreign nationals in Kuwait and Iraq ( Resolution 664 of Aug. 18 ) . |
| 5 | The man continued to smile and then , with a quick , balanced movement , which in so bulky a man was nimble he moved backwards and sideways to allow Tallboy through the narrow porch into the house . |
| 6 | He knew when to confront and when to allow evasion . |