Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to allow [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Harris , who has chaired the board since 1990 and is a non-executive member of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority , said he was stepping down to allow a review of the accountability of the service . |
| 2 | However , the connection was lost at the tug end , so the lifeboat moved away to allow the tug right up to the casualty 's bow where the lifeboat crew secured the tow wire , after Second Coxswain Davies had started the donkey engine in the fo'c'sle . |
| 3 | Pam and the others moved aside to allow the doctor and the nurse to check Grant out , and Curtis pulled a face at the doctor 's back , making Pam stifle a giggle . |
| 4 | They fear that they are now looking at a successor tax which is designed simply to allow the Government to muddle through to the next election . |
| 5 | The implementation and assessment that is needed to implement the Care Programme Approach has moved on to allow the introduction of a comprehensive care management system . |
| 6 | The memorial service for the late Paul Arkwright was over , and those present had risen respectfully to allow the widow to leave the hall . |
| 7 | Remember again to allow the main to twist off , and in puffs or gusts it is better to control the boat by playing the mainsheet rather than the traveller . |
| 8 | If more than one remedy is indicated , in classical homoeopathy it is believed that they should be administered separately to allow the body to process each one individually . |
| 9 | This tube of black plastic at the front of the gun is turned and pulled off to allow the nozzle to be used in particularly tight spots . |
| 10 | The first-year curricula for Mathematics and for Mathematics and Statistics are identical ; and the second-year curricula agree sufficiently to allow a student to delay the final choice between the two until the beginning of the third year . |
| 11 | Part of the wall , as you can see , is to be knocked down to allow the drive to pass through to the garages . |
| 12 | The bird adopts a characteristic squatting posture with its wings thrust forward to allow the ants access to the important feather tracts . |
| 13 | Strict rules on physical contact will be relaxed briefly to allow the pair to seal their union with a kiss and walk arm in arm down the aisle . |
| 14 | Blanche respired steadily to allow the tension to subside and asked Lancaster why David Parkin might want to murder his wife . |
| 15 | ‘ If I was a Romany I 'd have ended up fighting Nahum , ’ said Seb , trying not to allow the emotion he felt to show . |
| 16 | Above all , each was determined not to allow the other to gain any strategic advantage or increase its general influence in the region . |
| 17 | The club received several complaints about unruly behaviour during the first Test at Old Trafford , and ‘ is determined not to allow the antics of a small minority ruin the enjoyment of a day 's cricket , ’ according to Chief Executive John Bower . |
| 18 | Pulling the heavy bolt of the door , he stood back to allow the weight of the grain to open it , then , working with frantic haste , swung it wider , and , grabbing one of the shovels , began to dig . |