Example sentences of "to allow [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This is always dangerous because at that moment the glider has insufficient speed to allow for safe recovery and landing .
2 The actual speed at the time is usually far too slow to allow for any use of the airbrakes , but there is plenty of room ahead for a safe landing .
3 The main precaution is always to leave plenty of room on both sides of the take-off path to allow for a possible swing .
4 However , as a matter of principle and good airmanship , at least one full wing-span of clearance should always be left to allow for inadvertent drifting or swinging during landings .
5 In sinking air even this would not be enough to allow for much choice and , of course , it assumes that the descent will be made over open countryside and not amongst hills or moorland .
6 Marginally longer than the Mk3s at 23m over the body , the bodysides incline inwards slightly to allow for tilting on curves , a feature not fitted , but noticeable in this view of a standard–class interior .
7 Then dig out to allow for a layer of hardcore plus about 75mm ( 3in ) of concrete on top .
8 Count part tiles as whole ones , then add an extra 5% to allow for wastage .
9 Submersible pumps should always be completely submerged ( remember to allow for the inevitable drop of water level through evaporation in warm weather ) .
10 The ends of the coil should be soldered to the termination strips to allow for the later attachment of heavier gauge connecting cable .
11 Problems have arisen despite this year 's cash for the NHS appearing , when it was announced last November , to allow for real growth for the first time in years , even after taking into account inevitable pressures such as the rising number of elderly people .
12 But , more than that , the People 's Plan is an attempt to allow for incremental growth and change .
13 Representatives of the five unions involved will meet on Tuesday to discuss the options , which will range from reballoting to allow for limited strike action to less disruptive forms of escalation in the four-week pay dispute .
14 It is n't uncommon for a record contract to allow for a royalty increase of I per cent throughout each year of the agreement , and for this to be raised once certain sales figures have been reached ( commonly , this might be for gold and platinum status albums ) .
15 It also points out that while the UK is enjoying something of an export boom the industry needs to stimulate home sales to allow for continued export investment .
16 Butter an ovenproof dish — a very shallow dish to ensure the apples cook evenly and to allow for a good ratio of topping to filling .
17 ‘ If you put a frozen product into oil heated to 180°C the temperature will immediately drop to maybe 145°C , so it is important to allow for the recovery rate to let the oil return to 180°C to brown the chip .
18 If electric , do the elements lift up to allow for thorough cleaning ?
19 The structure of the developing national authority has been both diffuse enough to prevent it from being destroyed by any one single sweep of arrests ( there have been more than 50,000 arrests since the Intifada 's outbreak ) , and coherent enough to allow for the existence of a unified resistance strategy .
20 In some cases there may be a need to introduce steps to allow for movement to a higher level .
21 Young stallions who have never served a mare may settle down after castration , but a good six months may be needed to allow for the hormones to leave their system .
22 Ministers ' remuneration had improved with the century : in 1851 a Primitive Methodist minister with three children received £71 a year and Baptists generally received less than £80 ; within Congregationalism the divergence was too great to allow for any average figure .
23 This last provision was included in the enabling legislation to allow for representation of minority religious groups , but it made the triennial elections a running denominational sore and made the Boards particularly sensitive to pressure from minority interests .
24 The data shown in the tables have been weighted to allow for the 50 Tory marginals ' over-representation in the total sample .
25 Adjusting the computer program 's results to allow for the possibilities of differential turnout , additional SNP strength in Scotland and local variations in Liberal Democrat strength suggests the Parliament elected today may be composed as follows : Conservatives 319 , Labour 282 , Liberal Democrats 22 , SNP seven , Plaid Cymru three and others 18 .
26 To allow for this degree of participation by wives the buildings were designed to make manual work easy or unnecessary .
27 Policy and practice have to allow for the variety of possibilities as no blanket approach can respond to diverse needs and preferences .
28 Provision must be made for emergencies and a degree of flexibility maintained to allow for changing circumstances , such as the introduction of a new subject or course .
29 A canal requires the supply of water to allow for the losses caused by : —
30 So , on a 4 x 4 , unless the vehicle has a differential in the gearbox to allow for the different rotations of the front and rear propshafts , the transmission will ‘ wind itself up ’ .
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