Example sentences of "be allowed [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In future they would no longer be allowed to finance public-sector deficits or loan applications from large debtors . |
2 | The public will be able to request information relating to these areas , but the body concerned will be allowed to refuse any requests " which are formulated in too general a manner " . |
3 | ‘ It would be an absurd nonsense for Chelmsford cathedral not to be allowed to sell these items to visitors to the cathedral . ’ |
4 | I feel that everything I have mentioned in this article is part of good mathematical teaching practice , e.g. that all young children should be allowed to formulate mathematical ideas in familiar language , that all children should be regarded as potential learners and that parents should be helped to understand what the school is trying to achieve . |
5 | The issues are complex and multi-faceted , but a concentration on economic questions — as in the application of the QALY approach — must not be allowed to overshadow humanitarian considerations . |
6 | It preferred to be allowed to say some prayers for the Queen , the prime minister , and everyone else concerned with the choice , before they reached their conclusion . |
7 | Foreign investors would be allowed to take long leases on land , and the under-utilised port would be thrown open to foreign traders . |
8 | If the company had been solvent and considering a civil action against the Bank , it would not be allowed to take pretrial depositions from those who may have participated in the fraud . |
9 | In future , while candidates will be allowed to use advanced calculators , they will be forbidden from storing information in the memories of such machines or from using calculators that can be linked by aerial to computers outside the examination room . |
10 | Police would be allowed to use undercover operations and to tap telephones in the course of anti-Mafia investigations . |
11 | Fast food chains like McDonald 's are to be allowed to open new sites offering food , petrol and toilets 24 hours a day , Transport Secretary John MacGregor announced yesterday . |
12 | If the algorithm is to do all we want , contexts should be allowed to include some variables too . |
13 | Alcoholic drinks should only be given if the doctor allows it , and the patient must not be allowed to drink excessive amounts of alcohol . |
14 | Artisans and small traders were to be allowed to perform individual services from their homes , from shops or by street vending , provided they had a trading licence and a medical card . |
15 | Western politicians have repeatedly made it clear that the PLO is unlikely to be allowed to represent Palestinian interests because of its supposed support for the Saddam Hussein regime . |
16 | Parties must obviously be allowed to retain excess seats , so the membership of the Bundestag has to be increased . |
17 | Councils will be allowed to appoint non-voting advisers to committees who must have relevant expertise or experience and not be disqualified from council membership — except in the case of teachers on education or library committees . |
18 | He was thus dismissed by the England camp as a complete lunatic whose criminal slogging should not be allowed to sully finer sensibilities . |
19 | As a concession to Taylor , it was agreed that the NPFL would be allowed to send unarmed observers to the buffer zone . |
20 | However , it is suggested that these points of convergence should not be allowed to disguise important differences in values and assumptions between the two positions . |
21 | Er , and in this instance I have consistently erm , asked that we , we do all we can , to allow us to spend our capital receipts , and the fact that we had the holiday last year was er , er , of of great benefit to this this council , erm , there are er times when we should er perhaps be putting money into reserves or paying off debt , but this council should be allowed to make those decisions rather |
22 | In February , however , it was reported that the group would not after all be allowed to become permanent residents because of doubts about their dissident credentials . |
23 | In return for their financial support the Japanese have requested that they should be allowed to organise several exhibitions on Raphael , Urbino 's most famous artist , with loans from the Brera and Uffizi . |
24 | Scarborough fishermen may again be allowed to store small boats at a seafront car park next winter after complaints from the Harbour Users Association . |
25 | Claiming that some weapons equipment " could be diverted to civilian use " , Aziz stressed that Iraq had to be allowed to establish civilian industries which would " benefit our people " . |
26 | The agreement on aircraft specified that the USA would be allowed to have 150 bombers , each equipped with a maximum of 20 cruise missiles , although only 10 would be counted under the START rules . |
27 | The idea was that only an extremely grave provocation ought to mitigate a killing with a deadly weapon , whereas a lesser provocation might be allowed to mitigate other killings . |
28 | Planning for the Community — new housing should only be allowed to meet local needs , and an assessment should be made of the effect of every proposed development on the community , its environment , language and cultural identity . |
29 | Nurses will be allowed to prescribe necessary drugs . |
30 | Brief periods of withdrawal will be allowed to calm agitated individuals , especially if they are unable to understand because of severe learning difficulties , autism , or emotional disorder . |