Example sentences of "to allow for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If twins are detected by ultrasound scan , parents can prepare themselves for the births and plan accordingly , and also alert the obstetric team so that the appropriate antenatal care can be given to allow for the best chance of a safe delivery .
2 The calculation has therefore to be discounted to allow for the various imponderants .
3 We have to allow for the gradual loss of existing members — an allowance of 5% may be a reasonable figure .
4 The SPD would favour an amended wording , to allow for the automatic expulsion , for instance , of asylum-seekers from countries where there was deemed to be no persecution .
5 We would need to allow for the following expenses :
6 Delegates elected a 91-member general committee , including four women , and a 17-member executive committee ; places were reserved to allow for the boycotting groups to join later .
7 Unless and until more knowledge is gathered concerning the aspirations , capabilities and limitations of schools and the people who work in them , and until sufficient flexibility is built into syllabus planning to allow for the necessary variations that are inherent in planning and providing learning for different people in different contexts , the gap between prescription and reality will remain an unconscionably wide one .
8 β cell function was standardised to allow for the confounding effects of age and obesity .
9 To allow for the confounding effects of age and obesity on β cell function we calculated the standardised residual β cell function with respect to the regression of β cell function with age and obesity in a population of 104 non-diabetic people ( age 21–76 years , percentage of ideal weight 86%-158% ) .
10 The meeting was preceded by calls for the disbandment of the organization but ended with an agreement to review existing COMECON financial and trade arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles .
11 The decisions , tantamount to a significant downgrading of COMECON ( as also indicated by a sharp staff reduction at the Moscow secretariat ) , and which were expected to be approved at a future summit meeting , were the outcome of an undertaking made at the summit meeting in January [ see p. 37202 ] to review existing COMECON arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles .
12 On top of that many of them necessarily have to divide their time to allow for the other tasks for which they are also responsible .
13 It was designed by the old masters to allow for the aesthetic development of the practitioner .
14 The cost should average out at about £6 per page , less for longer runs , but you will have to allow for the extra time .
15 Even if we multiply this by three to allow for the greater number who considered themselves adherents although they had not joined the Society , and then increase the resulting 200,000 to half a million to allow for more casual " hearers " , this is still not a large fraction of a population of 10 million .
16 For larger loads the time taken to reach the first step position is longer and therefore the time between successive step commands is automatically adjusted to allow for the slower rate of acceleration .
17 They cover mainly the period since 1950 in order to allow for the full return to peacetime economic conditions which occurred largely during the reconstruction period after 1945 .
18 The steady state theory required a modification of general relativity to allow for the continual creation of matter , but the rate that was involved was so low ( about one particle per cubic kilometer per year ) that it was not in conflict with experiment .
19 It is particularly important to allow for the electronic relaxation of the ion — adjustments of all other electrons — though the timescale is too short to allow vibrational relaxation .
20 Submersible pumps should always be completely submerged ( remember to allow for the inevitable drop of water level through evaporation in warm weather ) .
21 ‘ I am pleased the Court has upheld the interpretation of Section 79 that we have always given to it , and that the section , which had been introduced at our request , had been correctly framed to allow for the flexible exercise of delegated powers . ’
22 The outbound time of 1 minute was increased by 30 seconds to allow for the 30 kt wind component .
23 design requirements were changed to allow for the safe venting of any methane gas
24 We note the elapsed time at that quarter-point , knock off a minute to allow for the initial climb out of Gransden , and mentally predict the arrival time at the half-way point .
25 However , if you have no replacements , be sure to use more club than usual to allow for the decreased distance .
26 The ends of the coil should be soldered to the termination strips to allow for the later attachment of heavier gauge connecting cable .
27 The base for indexing is derived from the RPI of June 1984 and is ( after adjustment to allow for the rebased RPI ) 89.2 .
28 Having marked the ripstop , stop to work out how much extra you will need to allow for the leading edge pocket , or any hems , either on unsupported edges or where joining to another panel .
29 So , on a 4 x 4 , unless the vehicle has a differential in the gearbox to allow for the different rotations of the front and rear propshafts , the transmission will ‘ wind itself up ’ .
30 But other couples will either find a way through and re-negotiate their relationship to allow for the different people that they 've now become , or they may shelve them because they get caught up in the , the very busyness of life , what we call the , the productivity phase , which is the third phase , where couples are maybe having children , building up a family , building up careers ; they 're involved in that sort of activity .
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