Example sentences of "be allowed [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 're allowed to walk to church and back . ’ |
| 2 | Tradition says that , worst of all , he was informed that he would not be allowed to partake of Communion at any service conducted by a Covenanting Minister , a sentence equivalent to excommunication from the Kirk he believed in , |
| 3 | In 1777 Wolf himself , then a prospective student at Göttingen , had to fight to be allowed to enrol for philology : there was no such " subject " then . |
| 4 | Mexico would not privatize PEMEX , the state oil company , while US and Canadian oil companies would not be allowed to explore for oil in Mexico , nor operate refineries or open petrol stations there . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ It is ludicrous that a man who was the centre of a police investigation should be allowed to sit in judgment against honest men who were following their conscience . ’ |
| 6 | The Hundred Group recommends that nationalised industries should be allowed to borrow without Government guarantee and that the borrowings should be excluded from the PSBR . |
| 7 | Lennox Lewis , as a man who did so much a fortnight ago to give boxing back its dignity , must be allowed to move from ringside tonight to ring next spring if heavyweight boxing is going to complete the process of rehabilitation . |
| 8 | Two years on , Cleveland should be allowed to move from anger and denial to acceptance and compassion — for the sake of children and the people abusing them , both of whom need effective help . |
| 9 | Making clear the role of the armed forces in keeping cicil order when necessary , however , the statement said that the armed forces would " under no circumstances allow intranational armed clashes " to develop in Yugoslavia , and that no inter-republican dispute would be allowed to escalate into violence . |
| 10 | Sir : Following your interview with Dr Marietta Higgs ( 6 October ) I write to support her case to be allowed to return to work in Cleveland . |
| 11 | Few would argue with the proposition that it should never be allowed to return to power . |
| 12 | It requires skill to be allowed to draw in family members or other professionals , to give a multidisciplinary picture . |
| 13 | Finally , we would stress that it is the musical values of vocal music which in the end have dominating importance , and therefore the musical form can not be allowed to weaken in favour of literary factors . |
| 14 | When making the care order , the justices , concerned about the divergent views regarding the proposed rehabilitation plan but having decided not to make an order that there be no contact between the mother and child under section 34(2) of the Children Act 1989 made a direction that the guardian ad litem 's involvement should be allowed to continue in order to investigate the progress of the rehabilitation so that , if appropriate , the child could seek an order for contact to be terminated . |
| 15 | In return he would be allowed to continue in office , with his term not due to expire until 1996 . |
| 16 | In any well-run firm the agreement will not be allowed to remain under lock and key unlooked at and unconsidered for years at a time . |
| 17 | Airedale Regional Health Authority , with the backing of Tony 's parents Allan and Barbara , say his feeding tube should be severed and he be allowed to die with dignity . |
| 18 | It should be stated publicly that where two independent doctors agree there is no hope of recovery , patients should be allowed to die with dignity , ’ she said . |
| 19 | The scenario at this stage was that Friern would be allowed to die with dignity à la Powick , once the catchment district services were sufficiently strengthened to provide for all new patients . |
| 20 | A REPORT urging that premature babies should be allowed to die by neglect has been attacked by the society for the Protection of Unborn Children ( SPUC ) . |
| 21 | A REPORT urging that premature babies should be allowed to die by neglect has been attacked by the society for the Protection of Unborn Children ( SPUC ) . |
| 22 | if you have been , or become bankrupt or insolvent as you will not be allowed to deal with money ; |
| 23 | I AM sick of Mary Whitehouse and other so-called do-gooders telling me what I should be allowed to watch on television . |
| 24 | Stephen Navin was urging that the case should be allowed to go to court : Virgin , he argued , were on solid ground . |
| 25 | He acknowledged that in some cases it could be hundreds of pounds extra but argued that people would still be allowed to go to law . |
| 26 | Olga , the brighter of the two , had clamoured to be allowed to go to college in Tollemarche , and both parents had encouraged her in this , hoping she would become a school-teacher ; but she had met Boyd Stych and got married instead . |
| 27 | It can not be allowed to drift into complacency . |
| 28 | Houseplants should be allowed to drift into semi-dormancy . |
| 29 | If the current position of any one product is plotted correctly on its life-cycle , then it is possible to assess the potential growth of sales , or the degree to which prices should be allowed to soften in order to maintain the market share , or whether the product should be superseded by another . |
| 30 | You will then be allowed to vote by post or proxy if your application reaches the registration officer before noon on the sixth day before polling day ( not counting the days mentioned above ) . |