Example sentences of "to allow them to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , we have enough faith to allow them to police those very safeguards which mistrust has impelled us to impose . |
| 2 | And the report continues to urge that the main method of educational reform should be ‘ deliberately to devise the right environment for children , to allow them to be themselves , and to develop in the way and at the pace appropriate to them ’ . |
| 3 | Magellan captured a number of these immense people — one pair by the crud trick of showing them leg-irons and insisting that the proper way to carry them was to allow them to be locked around their ankles . |
| 4 | Finally , care has been taken to keep the stories short and simple enough to allow them to be read at normal first-language speed . |
| 5 | To mess around with them is to court death , to allow them to be messed around with is a breach of our social duties towards each other … |
| 6 | pointed out , at p. 327d , this House , while upholding the Court of Appeal 's order requiring the respondents to allow access to premises for the purpose of looking for illicit copies of films and to allow them to be removed to safe custody , also upheld that court 's refusal of an order to answer interrogatories and to make discovery of documents relating to the illicit copies , including ‘ invoices … books of accounts , letters , lists or other documents . ’ |
| 7 | Whilst these techniques are still in their early stages of development , the programs are being designed to allow them to be applied in accordance with general design-office practice in the following manner . |
| 8 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 9 | Dobry 's proposal , in essence , was that the simple should be distinguished and treated expeditiously , though with the opportunity for some participation and with a safety channel to allow them to be transferred to the major category if this should prove appropriate . |
| 10 | Erm first , first of all erm Sue has , has just er reminded me that the , the government is , is considering the matter of planning application fees and we understand that there could be some proposals which erm modify the way in which er those fees are set and may give a greater erm autonomy to local authorities to set their own level of fees , in order to allow them to erm recoup erm more of or perhaps even all of the costs of operating the service , but that is something that 's er definitely for the future er and er is , is not entirely . |
| 11 | However , because of the potential for error if the wrong terms are used in a particular transaction , it is probably better to have only one set of terms , and draft in appropriate provisions to allow them to be used for both consumer and business transactions , unless the client can keep its consumer and other business wholly separate . |
| 12 | ‘ They 're far too precious to our heritage for us to allow them to simply moulder away … |