Example sentences of "allow an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advances in electronic and micro processors enabling fuel to be delivered in the right quantity and at the optimum time in the combustion process now allow an efficiency to be achieved that Dr Rudolf Diesel could never have dreamed of in 1892 . |
| 2 | Richard Dawkins and John Krebs of Oxford University suggested in 1978 that complex displays allow an animal to escalate threats gradually . |
| 3 | Thirty minutes is usually sufficient for an interview , but allow an hour or even more if the appointment is a high-powered one and the interview will be very searching . |
| 4 | The main route , travelling in an anti-clockwise direction , covers approximately 40 miles , so allow an hour or so for driving and as long as you like for stops ! |
| 5 | Allow an ‘ activity space ’ around each piece , which can overlap with the next if you are not likely to use both at the same time . |
| 6 | Groups of up to about eight allow an atmosphere in which it is easier to share views , and to ensure that group members can get to know each other . |
| 7 | It will also provide a new wheelchair ramp , porch and entrance area and allow an existing room to be designated as a quiet area . |
| 8 | These allow an understanding of the range over which materials were gathered for use on the farm , reflecting the extent of human movement and interaction . |
| 9 | Alternative plans , however , allow an episode to be expanded to four periods or reduced to only one period where time or access to equipment is limited . |
| 10 | Two strands of evidence , that from the reciprocal transplanting of clover into the neighbourhood of different grasses and that from the study of the distribution of cyanogenic properties and the distribution of slugs , allow an easy interpretation in terms of immediate and present selective forces . |
| 11 | Women 's own media also allow an opportunity for open dialogue without domination by men . |
| 12 | A natural monopoly is sustainable if there is no vector of prices and associated vector of outputs which allow an incumbent 's total costs to be at least covered by revenues but which make entry unattractive . |
| 13 | If you allow , if you allow an hour for a meal in the coffee rooms |
| 14 | This will involve a review of existing habitat surveys , and other data sources in order to provide a basis for the selection of areas for detailed fieldwork and allow an assessment of their relevance to conservation planning . |
| 15 | Iceland would retain control over its fisheries but allow an EC catch of 3,000 tonnes redfish equivalent , in exchange for some access to EC waters and customs-free market access for 97 per cent of its fisheries products by 1997 . |