Example sentences of "has allowed [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see the whole chapter as a subtle but misconceived footnote to Crime and Punishment ; in these pages , instead of brushing past Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov in his return upon the underground man , Dostoevsky has allowed himself to be obstructed by them , and the result is a Stavrogin who compounds Raskolnikov 's bracing himself to enter the police station ‘ as a man ’ and confess with Svidrigailov 's reaching out in all directions , including the far extremes of moral and physical debauchery , in the hope that something , it does n't matter what , will make him unbored . |
| 2 | ' ’ Giulia is old now and papa has persuaded himself that he is ; he has allowed himself to slip into old age . |
| 3 | Mark knows he has allowed himself to go to seed a bit . |
| 4 | It has allowed itself to be outsmarted by governments who are not afraid to bend the rules in their favour , aided and abetted by American multi-nationals whose allegiance is to the United States , naturally . |
| 5 | The scandal is that a supine and cowardly press has allowed itself to be intimidated into censoring the truth even though it distorts our entire view of reality . |
| 6 | It has allowed itself to be pushed into juggling words to fit industries ' interests and has ignored the legitimate moral concerns of many . |