Example sentences of "to allow [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we going to allow ourselves to be intimidated by a tin-pot dictator like Jazali ? ’ |
| 2 | But the mistake that Holberg made was to allow himself to be held in thrall by the world of appearances . |
| 3 | Ramsay was in two minds as to whether it was wise to allow himself to be bottled up in the town when his place arguably was with the Regent ; but he decided that he might possibly play a more useful part here as Seton 's assistant — and he ought to be able to escape by boat , at night , if necessary . |
| 4 | In his first independent act as king he established his authority on a sure foundation and revealed both a sound political judgement and a determination not to allow himself to be dependent upon a small group of powerful nobles . |
| 5 | But she remained disturbed , acutely aware of him at her side and only grateful that he despised her too much to allow himself to be seen touching her in public . |
| 6 | Kerry Court that he was now prepared to allow himself to be sent back . |
| 7 | The Court refused to allow itself to be caught in a circular argument as to which State needed to waive immunity first . |
| 8 | BP ran into some rough weather in 1992 but the company is too strong and resilient to allow itself to be blown off course by the recent squalls . |
| 9 | But to allow herself to be dictated to in this way when she knew she had done nothing wrong was tantamount to admitting guilt . |
| 10 | The ‘ postface ’ is both a po-faced stoicism when confronted with male egotism and the face of ‘ mimagreement ’ ( 14 ) whereby Mira pretends to allow herself to be amalgamated to Willy . |
| 11 | At length she persuaded Lady Merchiston to allow herself to be tidied up . |
| 12 | She lifted her chin , glaring back , refusing to allow herself to be bested completely . |
| 13 | So far , she 'd done the absolute minimum necessary to allow herself to camp in the house overnight . |
| 14 | Travis was impatient to get on , but Paige was in a Libran mood , depressed and bloody-minded enough not to allow herself to be chivvied before she was ready . |
| 15 | It is possible that wise Neanderthal men and women were only too delighted to allow themselves to be killed and eaten , on the basis that their souls would live on in newly inhabited bodies . |
| 16 | There may conceivably be cases where it is all right for someone willingly to allow themselves to be treated as a means . |
| 17 | Again , it might be argued that there can be nothing wrong for a person voluntarily to allow themselves to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires . |
| 18 | The inability or unwillingness of many local Boards of Guardians and/or education committees to reach any agreement over the operation of the Conservative scheme , and the unwillingness of many parents to allow themselves to be pauperized by it , had made it largely ineffective . |
| 19 | As for revolution , " The men who have been entrusted with the stewardship , the fortunes and the destinies of the trade union movement have too sound a conception of their great responsibilities to allow themselves to be stampeded into hare-brained enterprises at the bidding of any madcap missionary of reckless revolt . " |
| 20 | That clergy and musicians be prepared to plan and lead worship imaginatively , to blend different styles , and to allow themselves to be guided both by the needs of the congregation and by sound liturgical principles in devising church services ( 514 — 516 , 522–523 ) . |
| 21 | The most encouraging feature of the Election however , from Your Majesty 's point of view , is the strong impression that I have formed that Your Majesty 's subjects do not wish to allow themselves to be divided into warring classes or tribes filled with hereditary animosity against each other . |
| 22 | They were , however , segregated in a separate compartment off to the right and screened by a heavy grille , through which , nevertheless , some of the women contrived to allow themselves to be seen . |
| 23 | But it is dangerous to allow yourself to be taken away from the clients . |
| 24 | However , the type of outlet is secondary to the quality and price of the rugs being sold ; it is therefore essential to shop around , and not to allow yourself to be rushed into buying . |
| 25 | But I was determined not to allow myself to be hauled in like a helpless fish as he reeled in his capable line . |
| 26 | ‘ But it 's not in my nature to allow myself to be altered by another . |
| 27 | But not so ( we are told ) : Conservative advocates of tariffs and social reforms like old age pensions , wages councils , regulation of sweated trades were , Fforde argues , simply engaged in ‘ principled opportunism ’ ; this was ‘ not Collectivist Conservatism but expedient Conservatism ’ , and to see it as otherwise would be to allow oneself to be ‘ misled by manufactured appearances ' or what Fforde describes elsewhere as the gap between ‘ professed stance and true intention ’ . |
| 28 | The second — much less scientific — is that the arguments put forward in popular potboilers supporting such a notion are in general so specious that one is embarrassed to allow oneself to be associated with them . |