Example sentences of "allow [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson 's own choice of metaphor was no longer that of the centre forward , but the seasoned centre half feeding passes to his experienced forwards and allowing them to score the goals . |
| 2 | The agreement , by which Merck will pay the Institute $1 million , is intended to provide an incentive for the conservation of Costa Rica 's remaining forest lands , by allowing them to serve as a sustainable productive resource of materials other than timber . |
| 3 | Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one . |
| 4 | This is performed by resuspending 50 g of diatoms ( Sigma D 5-384 ) in 500 ml of water , and allowing them to settle in a 500 ml measuring cylinder for 3 hours . |
| 5 | It is a young woman 's role , in her eyes , to play by society 's rules while not allowing them to define her . |
| 6 | it helps children to make sense of different situations and different points of view in role-play and simulations , by allowing them to act out situations and formulate things in their own words ; |
| 7 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 8 | Take care with the magnets by the way , as allowing them to snap together causes them to break . |
| 9 | One of the deficiencies of our arrangements is that no provision is made for young barristers obtaining a salaried position in chambers , allowing them to do minor work under supervision . |
| 10 | She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment after his callous dismissal of her father 's death , but now the biblical phrases Luke had employed earlier were suddenly hammering at her brain and heightening her agitation , although she suspected that she was playing into his hands by allowing them to do so . |
| 11 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |
| 12 | Many other vegetables do not produce seed until the second year , and it is n't worth allowing them to take up valuable space for that extra time . |
| 13 | Mr Waddington was apparently considering allowing them to take into account the need to protect the public from even quite minor offences . |
| 14 | The relationship between herbivores and plants has often been seen as some kind of arms race , but there have been opposing views in that , for example , spittle-bugs in the dry tropics of West Africa , rather than depleting valuable water resources may promote microbial activity beneath particular tree species , allowing them to take up nutrients in the dry season from the surface layers of the soil , provided that other roots can tap a deep water source . |
| 15 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 16 | It aims to protect women by allowing them to SEE potential partners from the safety of their own telephone . |
| 17 | Instructors should test every student before allowing them to go solo to make quite sure that they are not seriously affected by reduced ‘ g ’ . |
| 18 | East Germany had agreed to give them papers allowing them to go to the country of their choice , and they were expected to leave Poland ‘ in the very near future ’ . |
| 19 | The police warned the youths before allowing them to go . |
| 20 | Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn ‘ Labour will bring lasting prosperity to Darlington and put people 's talents to use rather than allowing them to go to waste . ’ |
| 21 | Fly transmission of stable transformants : Tsetse flies ( Glossina morsitans morsitans ) were infected by allowing them to feed on blood mixed with procyclic trypanosomes through artificial membranes ( 20 ) . |
| 22 | He was not picked up by A.S.R. largely due to the delay in allowing them to put to sea . |
| 23 | The couple gave just a hint of the trauma they faced in an open letter thanking the press for allowing them to put together the pieces of their relationship in private . |
| 24 | By encouraging them to keep up their medication and allowing them to talk through their problems sufferers learn to cope with their illness . |
| 25 | He will demand that the Syrians stop arming the rebels and allowing them to penetrate Turkey across their border , and is also expected to ask them to hand over Damascus-based Mr Abdullah Ocalan , leader of the Marxist PKK . |
| 26 | It states that it is not ‘ cost effective ’ to care for premature babies as there is a high incidence of disabilities amongst them and stresses that the government could save between £70 million and £200 million ( if one includes their education ) by allowing them to die . |
| 27 | This will not so much create a two-tier structure within the Division , as enable a wider spectrum of students to participate in the profession , allowing them to stop off , by way of academic attainment , economic circumstances or job notice , at different levels , secure in the knowledge that they have professional status , capable of being upgraded if they so wish . |
| 28 | If the adventurers have destroyed the Blackshard , the Oracle ( if he still lives ) wo n't attack them when they return to room 66 ( all the mucus in stairwell 67 will have magically vanished by this time , allowing them to return ) . |
| 29 | The point is of some significance because a duty to balance the interests of present and future members would involve an expansion of the directors ' discretion , in effect , allowing them to justify their actions by reference to the well-being of the enterprise even though they are contrary to the interests of the existing members . |
| 30 | To round up clans of Ayoreo Indians with the dubious intent of rescuing them for Christianity , massacring those resistant to ‘ taming , imprisoning the remainder and allowing them to sink into ill-health and torpor , seems monstrous . |