Example sentences of "let [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Contracts will usually be let for several years .
2 But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ?
3 Thérèse was let off these tasks because she was in mourning .
4 We are let off this sort of thing !
5 It is built at the end of a canal and consists of two perfect octagons connected by a passage hall , behind which is a staircase let into another half octagon at the back .
6 The Fishing Temple at Sharpham in Devon has been let in this way for many years .
7 Minutes are produced from the meeting and the project is let on least cost .
8 The maximum , I think we 've ever let at any one time is three of the six units , we 're currently down only to one unit there at Alberney .
9 The houses , and the temples too , had horizontal beams let into each face of the wall .
10 When we squeeze the Devil out through the front door , we unwittingly let in all sorts of secular ideologies that masquerade as Christian ones ( which is just another way of saying that he comes in again through the back door ) .
11 What hurt most was that the Liberals had , by fighting the Conservatives rather than Labour , let in many Socialists .
12 you know , oh come on we 'll have fun , a bit of a I do n't really know , like this and he fucking , he gets let in this house and er
13 The Marshal , his big eyes rolling round the depressing room lit by one dusty light-bulb because the small , barred window hardly let in any light , wondered if they ever managed it .
14 The goalkeeper on that fateful day in ‘ 54 was Fred Martin of Aberdeen , a talented but unfortunate keeper who let in another seven goals the following year against England at Wembley .
15 The income and property of the Society shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the Object of the Society and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly to the members of the Society , provided that nothing herein shall prevent the payment in good faith of remuneration to any officer , servant or member of the Society in return for Services actually rendered to the Society and proper rent for any premises let by any member to the Society .
16 In order that the scheme functions efficiently it is essential that the reception offices of the hotels within the scheme inform central reservations of the up-to-the-minute availability of rooms to let at all times ; failure to do this could result in double-bookings , loss of goodwill and unnecessary charges being levied against the hotel for the service .
17 Those obligations will include : ( 1 ) a covenant to try his best to keep the scheme fully let ; ( 2 ) a covenant not to let at less than the market rent obtainable at the date of the letting ; ( 3 ) a covenant not to grant rent free periods or concessionary rent periods without the landlord 's consent ; ( 4 ) a covenant not to sublet except in defined subletting units ; ( 5 ) a covenant not to waive or commute any rental payments under subleases ; ( 6 ) a covenant not to accept any surrender of any sublease without the landlord 's consent ; ( 7 ) a covenant to enforce subtenants ' covenants in subleases ; ( 8 ) a covenant not to permit any sub-underletting of a sub-let part .
18 In the Trust House Forte case the court had to interpret the assumption that premises were available for letting for shopping and retail purposes : the issue was whether the premises were to be taken as available for letting purposes only or whether they could be taken as to be available for letting for any other purpose permitted by the lease .
19 Then Joseph snapped : ‘ God knows who she 's been letting into this house . ’
20 I have n't been able to find a plausible answer , and Aria UK were n't letting on either .
21 Yeah that looks about the right sort of thing , cos it was fifty ohms and we 've put , I mean it 's not that much small you know it 's not going to let , it should let about half as much through as that lets through this should n't it ?
22 When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away .
23 ‘ When the sandfly bites you , it lets in this protozoan , which gets under your skin and eats away the underlayer , after which the top layer breaks away leaving raw , open wounds .
24 FPTP too can let in many small parties , if ( but only if ) each has a regional base .
25 There was a window in her bedroom , but it just looked on to a tiny area and did n't let in much light .
26 I will not let in any person from Porlock .
27 Goalkeeper Frazer Digby said he was given £1,000 as a loyalty payment , and a £50-a-game clean-sheet award when he did n't let in any goals .
28 I did not let on that watching rugby training from 30 or 40 yards distance does not automatically allow one to discover the training team 's secrets .
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