Example sentences of "letting [pron] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 2 | Instead the system connects computers made by only one firm — Apple — so letting them share expensive disc files , printers and so on . |
| 3 | Where users only access one LIFESPAN Process , there is no harm in letting them have direct access to the command files in SYS$LIFESPAN . |
| 4 | ‘ The tenant 's a friend and she 's letting me use this place while she researches a book in Italy . ’ |
| 5 | thank you for letting me get that top though I do n't know |
| 6 | In order to try and get a resident 's permit for the car you are so generously letting me have temporary use of , I need a mass of bumf for the Regional Council in due course — they require sight of , and in original , car registration documents , MOT certificate , insurance certificate , driving licence , evidence of ownership or tenancy lease of this house ( ! ) plus evidence of payment of property tax ! |
| 7 | If it had n't been for the colonel letting me have this cottage for a peppercorn rent , God knows where I 'd be . ’ |
| 8 | By letting you do this research they 're putting a additional risk on us … |
| 9 | Staring down , he said , ‘ We 're not letting you escape this time , you freak of nature . |
| 10 | Ginger 's character was too erratic to risk letting her have complete control so Barbara was the appropriate choice . |
| 11 | If you are going to have a gravel path , you have the choice of either vibrating sand into the hardcore to form a firm surface for the gravel , or of laying the gravel directly on to the hardcore , and letting it fill any spaces it can get into . |