Example sentences of "allowed [to-vb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a great pity that the team was not allowed to perform at other displays during the anniversary year . |
| 2 | It is an essential part of grieving that they be allowed to fall at some point , without restraint , if the healing process is to start . |
| 3 | He should not be allowed to remain at large , particularly after this attempt to end his life . |
| 4 | How did you tell a man who had just expressed his undying love for you and his need to remain in your arms for ever and ever that he was separated from you by a distance of fifty years , and that only by some perverse and cruel trick of time had you been allowed to meet at all ? |
| 5 | Previously , Bulgarian citizens had been allowed to own at most one apartment , a country home and a garage , and they had been allowed to sell their property only at fixed prices through the local state authorities . |
| 6 | The US money supply was allowed to grow at 10 per cent per year or more for the next four years , having been virtually unchanged in 1969 . |
| 7 | And we are not allowed to vote at all , but you can bet we will be expected to foot the bill when the European dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 8 | This meant that couples who had married across the religious divide were not allowed to adopt at all . |
| 9 | If they were allowed to breed at random and each live life to its natural end , in the absence of any real predators , they would overrun the land , destroy the habitat in an ever-desperate search for food , and upset the eco-system . |
| 10 | In Britain , you are not allowed to dive at all if a ship is a war grave . ’ |
| 11 | In March 1991 , although Aquino confirmed that Imelda Marcos continued to be banned from the country , she suggested that she would be allowed to return at some point in order to face corruption charges . |