Example sentences of "allow [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're to blame for the way we allow ourselves to be treated , but curiously the solution does not lie in our hands . |
| 2 | In the West , we voluntarily sell out to the alluring God of Materialism and allow ourselves to be manipulated and controlled by Western ideals . |
| 3 | That now , when perhaps we need Him most of all , we allow ourselves to be weaned away from He who gave us life ? |
| 4 | When we allow ourselves to be dominated by the demands and opinions of others , our own self-esteem diminishes . |
| 5 | Material gain We allow ourselves to be persuaded when we think we are going to get richer , to have a more luxurious lifestyle , to make acquisitions . |
| 6 | We get scared by history ; we allow ourselves to be bullied by data . |
| 7 | By the very act of reading on into the tale from the Miller 's Prologue we as readers allow ourselves to be manipulated into supposing ourselves somehow different from the readership of " " every gentil wight " " that is offered a warning and an invitation to : We know ourselves to be more complex beings . |
| 8 | We allow ourselves to be served by surly shop assistants — and we do n't complain . |
| 9 | He may begin as a standard-bearer and allow himself to be persuaded to go forward as a contender . ’ |
| 10 | Let him who is prepared , should McNab decide on another experiment , to have needles driven into his stomach , allow himself to be treated by this charlatan . |
| 11 | The rich north , with no reason to be smug , would be wise to listen to the south but not , in the end , allow itself to be diverted from the blue to the red . |
| 12 | As we discussed at our first meeting and as I subsequently discussed with Angela Rumbold , it was very clear that unless there was a preparedness on the part of the Home Office to take its hands off the management of the Prison Service in its day to day business and allow itself to be constrained by matters of policy only , then it would not be possible to effect the changes which you deem desirable and which have become very clear to me as being necessary during the talks I have had and the visits I have made . |
| 13 | The ideal " School " of English literature will … not , for a moment , allow itself to be made into a mere branch of History . |
| 14 | ‘ The court must take a broad view of the decision and not allow itself to be bogged down in minutiae , or led into the error of taking over the role of a fact finding tribunal . |
| 15 | Just go and allow yourself to be taught by the site . |
| 16 | On the other hand you will be able to be much more objective and not allow yourself to be unduly influenced by personality when the fundamental qualifications and expertise are missing . |
| 17 | Allow yourself to be surprised . |
| 18 | Then allow yourself to be carried gently downstream , going with the flow . |
| 19 | At least for the next few days , allow yourself to be more impulsive . |
| 20 | But , above all , use colour because it feels right for you , be instinctive in your mixing , allow yourself to be compelled and inspired . |
| 21 | ‘ Allow yourself to be a woman . |
| 22 | If you get sat on it is because you allow yourself to be sat on . |
| 23 | They would not back the union in a political fight with the company , or allow themselves to be used by Clasper in a power struggle between the convener and management . |
| 24 | I discovered that we do not actually hurt people , they allow themselves to be hurt . |
| 25 | When approached they may stay absolutely motionless and allow themselves to be picked up . |
| 26 | In reality , of course , such people are shamelessly exploiting the naivety of others who genuinely believe the doctrine and allow themselves to be thrust into the role of ‘ god-motivated ’ providers — actually doing the work attributed to the ‘ god ’ , whilst the exploiters enjoy the fruits of it . |
| 27 | It has been said in defence of such publications that those who allow themselves to be depicted indecently are thereby ‘ waiving their own privacy rather than impeding or intruding upon that of others ’ . |
| 28 | We mentioned earlier in this chapter that some people feel uncomfortable or trapped by the public contract of marriage , yet still allow themselves to be married . |
| 29 | Statistics show that women allow themselves to be interrupted 50 per cent more often than men . |
| 30 | Every Easter , a number of brave Filipino men allow themselves to be crucified — with real nails driven through their palms — in an attestation of their faith . |