Example sentences of "allow [pers pn] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson 's own choice of metaphor was no longer that of the centre forward , but the seasoned centre half feeding passes to his experienced forwards and allowing them to score the goals . |
| 2 | Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one . |
| 3 | It is difficult to see how the rock platform can entirely dissipate the wave energy , as , if the waves break on it , they must presumably erode it , thus ultimately allowing them to reach the foot of the cliff again . |
| 4 | On the other hand , two other cases involving individuals seeking asylum in foreign embassies were resolved by the authorities allowing them to leave the country . |
| 5 | The horns from the Zimbabwean project are kept in storage by the National Parks Department , in the hope that present international bans on rhino trading may be lifted , allowing them to sell the horns to raise money for conservation . |
| 6 | On Aug. 18 Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata had attempted to restore confidence by announcing a series of measures aimed at discouraging financial institutions from selling shares until the end of September , and allowing them to postpone the reporting of unrealised losses on share holdings until the end of the financial year , in March 1993 . |
| 7 | The Deee-Lite canvas has been stretched even tighter , allowing them to twist the dance beats of the last two decades into ever more kooky shapes . |
| 8 | The crucial experiment is to rear male crickets without allowing them to hear the song of other crickets . |
| 9 | Old Mrs Gardner , who ran the post office and general store — the only shop in the small Scottish village — knew where most of Mom 's widow 's pension went and suggested I should persuade her to sign a consent form , allowing me to collect the pension . |
| 10 | The father 's real purpose in allowing me to visit the family was not so much to get help , but to recoup the £40 he had spent on satanist scriptures , which he wanted to sell to me . |
| 11 | The bottom half hangs down , allowing me to transfer the envelope to inside my coat . |
| 12 | Preventing a young and disruptive child from playing , but allowing him/her to watch the others at play , may also do the trick . |
| 13 | A computer programme allows them to plan the food he 'll have to take for the 12 man crew on the Group 4 yacht . |
| 14 | Because it is the grace of baptism administered to an infant which allows them to receive the grace of communion and therefore they are in essential , as well as being universal members of the church , they 're membe they 're communicant members of the church . |
| 15 | This probably allows them to detect the noise of predators . |
| 16 | Note too , the prehensile tail , which allows them to lift the forefront of their bodies on to their back legs to reach even further . |
| 17 | They may have access to video outside the classroom in their own homes or perhaps there is some arrangement in the language school which allows them to use the video player when it is n't in use in the classroom . |
| 18 | It alerts the lender on any negative information and allows them to freeze the account , close it , adjust the limit or even to counsel the borrower . |
| 19 | It allows me to savour the end of the conflict , to enjoy it in a way I could not have done if it had really happened , that is if a few words had been exchanged , spoken with difficulty through the barbed-wire taboos that separate people in so-called intimate relationships . |
| 20 | Ling allows me to invade the kitchen after hours . ’ |
| 21 | It also allows me to determine the location and scale of a work in context . |
| 22 | Perhaps the most invaluable feature is the unique cable control that allows you to activate the stopwatch from a tailored finger grip . |
| 23 | This is presumably because it allows you to explore the knowledge contained therein . |
| 24 | Interest Free Finance at Alexanders allows you to purchase the Rolex watch of your choice with a deposit of only ten percent and twelve monthly payments for the remainder . |
| 25 | Takes , allows you to take the children up to five ? |
| 26 | The monitor allows you to see the contents of the memory in a form that you can understand i.e. it is translated back into text as a screen image . |
| 27 | Just write the minus two all the way across there cos it allows you to do the calculation much easier rather than trying to remember it . |
| 28 | To avoid a heavy multiload , the tape version omits these and only allows you to access the options screen once . |
| 29 | The latest version of this desktop planetarium allows you to view the Night Sky 's Constellations and deep sky objects from any place at any time . |
| 30 | The option consists of two pages : an initial page which allows you to view the titles of the mail messages you will be inspecting , and a second page which allows you to inspect each mail message , page by page . |