Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] to allow [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that we are concerned to ensure is that the present applicants have a proper opportunity of obtaining the evidence they seek so that the grave allegations which they make — the very same allegations that troubled this court sufficiently to allow the appellant 's appeal — can be properly tested in the courts . |
| 2 | In spite of her intense dislike of her companion , Caroline found it impossible not to feel pampered and privileged as they swung into their seats , the soft top down to allow the warm evening air to billow round them as they drove . |
| 3 | For mercy 's sake , persuade your good woman here to allow the lady to stay . |
| 4 | THE LABOUR leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , challenged the Prime Minister yesterday to allow the pay of 22,000 ambulance staff to be referred to a pay review body , as is done for 600,000 health service workers . |
| 5 | Too grim a policy of refusal of poor relief was , however , restrained by the fact that Poor Law authorities had a fundamental obligation not to allow the destitute to die from starvation — in such cases the Relieving Officer could be indicted for murder . |