Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] allowing the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possible solutions will depend on the severity of the handicap , but parents should be encouraged to consider ways in which their children might remain creatively active , thus continuing the process of education rather than allowing the person to retrogress . |
| 2 | The Communists claimed that the ILP Member , John McGovern , had weakened the demonstration by trying to present its demands to Parliament himself , rather than allowing the leaders of the NUWM to do so . |
| 3 | Secondly , the professional may insist upon controlling the work that he or she does rather than allowing the administrator to impose control . |
| 4 | In such a distinctly chic composition this hybrid between trelliswork and pergola helps contain the garden at ground level rather than allowing the view to be dominated by the high surrounding urban walls . |
| 5 | If an employer is faced with the situation where an employee has , in his own time and using his own equipment , developed a useful computer program , then the employer should immediately try to reach agreement as regards questions of ownership and use of the programs with the employee concerned , rather than allowing the program to be used without such agreement . |
| 6 | Until the manner in which such goods are dispersed within regions is better understood we can only assume , at present , that places with very high consumption are also the points of distribution where a paramount controlled such prestige exchange , consuming most locally and allowing the passage of a little to other places . |
| 7 | Sat there through the night , closing my eyes at times , then opening them slowly and allowing the glass to impose itself . |
| 8 | A sedentary existence or a job that keeps you standing around for hours is liable to encourage a poor circulation as well as allowing the buttock and thigh muscles to become weak and flabby , making cellulite much worse . |
| 9 | The new low aspect ratio keels have been specially designed to give the maximum lift to windward as well as allowing the boat to creep into shallow lagoons and creeks where she can dry out without any difficulty thus opening up previously unexplored regions throughout the world . |
| 10 | This technique involves feeding the child orally but allowing the food to pass out through a surgically produced fistula at the side of the neck . |