Example sentences of "allow it [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its articulated design allows it to negotiate sharp curves and it arrived at Brecon in Spring 1986 after its Indian home line closed the year before . |
| 2 | Independence allows it to try new parts that others may not be able to play . |
| 3 | IDB Communications Group Inc reports that its IDB Worldcom unit , yesterday announced that it had signed a correspondent operating agreement with British Telecommunications Plc which allows it to provide international services to the UK ; IDB is in process of acquiring TRT , which took over the resale of capacity on the British Post Office 's phone network from National Networks Ltd . |
| 4 | Bird Semple Fyfe Ireland has commissioned a piece of 4GL software which will be unique to the firm in the Scottish legal world and which allows it to produce any report required either for management purposes or for clients . |
| 5 | They had pleaded with the bankruptcy judge to close down Eastern last autumn , but instead he allowed it to remain airborne and continue to run down its cash resources . |
| 6 | In September 1715 , immediately after the death of Louis XIV , the Parlement of Paris had restored to it by the Regent , the Duc d'Orléans , the right of remonstrance which allowed it to impede royal legislation . |
| 7 | However , its task is made much more difficult by the fact that derogations granted to the Welsh water authority allow it to pump raw sewage into both those rivers . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the orang-utan can tolerate a wide range of bitter and sour fruits and high alcohol levels and its strong hands allow it to open spiny or hard fruits like durians and legumes . |
| 9 | The mountain goat is built primarily for steady , tireless climbing rather than speed and great agility : its short legs and short body , which allow it to place all four feet close together , also give it great stability on narrow , uneven ledges . |
| 10 | A step-by-step approach is required : first to entice the dog into the car , then allow it to become used to resting here without being driven off . |
| 11 | Inject foam and allow it to expand proud of the surface . |
| 12 | It is important for a dog to sit and stay when instructed , once you allow it to run free off a leash ; while it must also be prepared to lie down , both in the home and when waiting with you out of doors . |
| 13 | We have come to expect the premeditated dishonesty of Conservative Central Office to be reprinted in the Daily Mail , but we do not intend to allow it to go unchallenged in the columns of Hansard . |
| 14 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) announced on Feb. 3 that Libya had agreed to allow it to inspect any sites rumoured to be involved in the development of nuclear weapons . |
| 15 | The Council would consider seeking modifications to its Charter to allow it to delegate added powers . |
| 16 | In any event , the dog may be too nervous to allow it to run free at this stage , and to be trusted to return to you . |
| 17 | Such a phrase neglects the fact that the attack on the was a European literary fashion and that the Spanish was undergoing a complex change , which was later to allow it to revive some of its social and political influence . |
| 18 | It has to shed its skin four or five times to allow it to grow bigger . |
| 19 | To allow it to get established robin temporarily tied it in place with fishing line . |
| 20 | Germany is set to introduce legislation to allow it to incinerate domestic and industrial waste as complaints grow among its EC partners that German waste exports were stifling their own recycling capacity . |
| 21 | The 1990 election considerably strengthened the position of the NVP , allowing it to resist secessionist demands from St Maarten . |
| 22 | AFRC 's change in direction , forced on it by the government 's withdrawal from ‘ near market ’ research , is allowing it to do more of this exciting fundamental research . |
| 23 | BP OIL UK LTD was kind enough , about two years ago , to give a generous donation to this Association , allowing it to purchase some much needed items for use by volunteer team members . |
| 24 | Instead , the government will retain ‘ golden shares ’ in companies it wants to keep in French hands , allowing it to block hostile bidders or the sale of ‘ strategic ’ assets . |
| 25 | The musical term " leitmotiv " is not inappropriate for the way in which Dickens repeats an idiom or expression , under various modifications and transformations , through episodes of a novel , allowing it to accumulate thematic significance as it goes , an illustration on a small scale of his use of dynamic variation in style . |
| 26 | Alternatively the higher mobility of the shift produced by this protein ( Figure 2b ) suggests that it may be smaller in size than Oct-1 allowing it to bind adjacent to bound NF1 and activate gene expression synergistically . |
| 27 | CAHAG claims it will set a precedent for other authorities , allowing it to challenge other authorities which are failing in their duty . |
| 28 | A powerful chemical could be used to dissolve the dirt allowing it to run clear and this is the application of chemical energy . |
| 29 | Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions . |
| 30 | The central nervous system adapts towards the spasticity , allowing it to dominate all the patient 's movements , if it is not carefully controlled . |