Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to allow [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holding the mussel with both forefeet , it begins pounding it on the rock until it is sufficiently broken to allow the otter to extract the flesh with its teeth . |
| 2 | You had to keep stirring all the time and , after an hour or so , the milk set solid and then was gently cut to allow the whey to flow out , leaving the curd . |
| 3 | This ensures that the patient 's conscious mind is sufficiently relaxed to allow the subconscious to offer up whatever it may choose to reveal . |
| 4 | The now illegal practice of scuffing one half of the ball is no longer designed to allow the spinner to grip the thing , but to assist swing bowlers . |
| 5 | Left : The simple counterbalance mechanism on this bridge on the Llangollen Canal is easily operated to allow the boat to pass through . |
| 6 | At this precise stage of the development of UK television , defined by a limited number of channels ( satellite and cable are not yet definitive ) and by a continuing , fragile respect for the traditions of public service , the schedule is still organized to allow the public to choose between a range of ‘ services ’ . |
| 7 | The Home Secretary , shortly afterwards accepted that the " Guildford 4 " were innocent and released them , but the IBA still refused to allow the record to be played on radio or television . |
| 8 | Industrial goods and services are usually purchased to allow the organisation to satisfy demand from its own customers . |
| 9 | Crude analysis — The crude percentage of patients whose ulcers had relapsed was also calculated to allow a comparison with some previously published trials , although it sould be stressed that this method underestimates the true relapse time . |
| 10 | This collaboration was not only about generating some ideas which could become possible policies , it was also designed to allow a sharing of a common challenge and to promote understanding of the fact that everyone in an LMS environment has a vital role to play . |
| 11 | All contact lenses must be very carefully fitted to allow the cornea to receive enough oxygen . |
| 12 | The DFG originally wanted to allow the fellowships to run indefinitely until the researcher obtained a permanent post , but the government imposed a time limit of five years . |
| 13 | The funeral of two IRA men shot dead by soldiers in Northern Ireland was delayed after the priest initially refused to allow the coffins into the church becuase they were draped with the Irish Tricolour . |
| 14 | But organisers defiantly refused to allow the curtain to fall on the high life of the amateur drama year . |
| 15 | The burgesses with pasture rights steadfastly refused to allow the enclosure of the fields . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The two database management systems are closely integrated to allow the solution of questions which have both a locational and a non-spatial content . |
| 20 | 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 . |