Example sentences of "[noun sg] allowed [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Romanians called pigs ' trotters ‘ patriots ’ because they were the only bits of the pig allowed to remain in the country .
2 Why was such a dangerous practice allowed to continue with the chance that the offender might never have been caught ?
3 Faintly irked by the ‘ crisis ’ of white music — that its body has been ‘ forgotten ’ , its attention allowed to meander across the debris of a vast information explosion , away from the folk fire , to be easily bored , jaded , distracted — beige vocalists attempt to construct an ersatz black body to signify … what ?
4 The unique Domi bath , bidet and shower taps have a hot water limiter which restricts the amount of hot water allowed to mix with the cold .
5 After the last sample was collected , the colonoscope was removed and the patient allowed to recover from the procedure .
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