Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] to allow [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the dinosaur did , after all , live on dry land , then the long neck could have usefully functioned to allow the animal to browse the high foliage of trees ( see p. 116 ) . |
| 2 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 3 | Although the issue split the centre-left coalition , with most of the Christian Democrats ( CVP/PSC ) voting against and most Socialists ( SP/PS ) voting for the bill , the parties had previously agreed to allow a free vote and not to let the result lead to a government crisis . |
| 4 | The Philippines government had previously agreed to allow the return of the late President 's body if it were flown directly to his home province of Ilocos Norte and buried within nine days . |
| 5 | However , the country 's ruling military junta , the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , had subsequently refused to allow the Assembly to convene and had ordered a crackdown on the NLD . |