Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] to allow [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Shamir refused to reverse his decision not to allow the United Nations to investigate the killing of at least nineteen Arabs by Israeli security forces . |
| 2 | In spite of her intense dislike of her companion , Caroline found it impossible not to feel pampered and privileged as they swung into their seats , the soft top down to allow the warm evening air to billow round them as they drove . |
| 3 | With the permission of the House , I hope that it will be possible to conclude the debate briefly to allow the hon. Member for Edinburgh , East ( Mr. Strang ) an opportunity to say something about his motion . |
| 4 | Too grim a policy of refusal of poor relief was , however , restrained by the fact that Poor Law authorities had a fundamental obligation not to allow the destitute to die from starvation — in such cases the Relieving Officer could be indicted for murder . |
| 5 | In both these situations the residual effects of the immune response might restrict the damage caused by the virus sufficiently to allow a persistent infection to be tolerated by the body . |
| 6 | After this David Bellamy was almost an anti-climax , imploring his audience not to allow the local blanket bogs be destroyed . |
| 7 | The Scotsman — a £1 million Class 91 electric locomotive — will now hurtle at speeds of up to 125 mph on the Waverley-Kings Cross run , completing the journey in four hours , just about time enough to allow the leisurely reader to absorb the contents of the paper from cover to cover . |