Example sentences of "allowing [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the deficiencies of our arrangements is that no provision is made for young barristers obtaining a salaried position in chambers , allowing them to do minor work under supervision . |
2 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |
3 | It aims to protect women by allowing them to SEE potential partners from the safety of their own telephone . |
4 | Small producers have provided larger companies with an important cushion against fluctuations in demand by allowing them to use outside suppliers as shock absorbers . |
5 | This helps them assess the effects of changing those structures by allowing them make such changes directly through the virtual reality interface . |
6 | The shanny and marine stickleback have five pigments in their eyes , allowing them to discern more hues than we can . |
7 | This chamber should be a nice treat for the adventurers , allowing them to gain some resources they will need for the harder and more dangerous encounters to come . |
8 | As a result , this can be a very successful strategy for some swallows , allowing them to produce extra off-spring at very little cost to themselves . |
9 | Both of the general SVQs in science are designed to provide students and trainees with a broad grounding in science , while allowing them to develop higher levels of competence in their chosen areas . |
10 | This is because prayer is simply allowing ourselves to become new persons in Christ , reshaped in our attitudes and emotions . |
11 | I admit to yielding to the temptation of allowing you to think this house was your father 's , but my thoughts have not all been selfish . |
12 | The S2 provides high torque throughout the rev range , allowing you to apply confident bursts of speed when overtaking , its ‘ ground effect ’ technology tightening the car 's grip on the road as you 're accelerating . |
13 | But whether or not the contract has anything to say on this subject , an employer should at least explore the possible alternatives to dismissal , such as allowing you to make other transport arrangements or seeing if you can be fitted in elsewhere within the organisation . |
14 | The first is the elimination of cold down-draughts near windows , allowing you to make better use of your living space in winter . |
15 | James I did , on the specious excuse of the ransom due to England for his release ; James V blackmailed the papacy into allowing him to extort vast amounts of taxation from the church . |
16 | Earlier , Mr Justice Judge had ruled in the Manchester High Court that the terms of a temporary injunction be lifted , allowing him to show financial details of the club to his advisers . |
17 | True , his editor had taken the surprising step of allowing him to pursue this story all the way to London . |
18 | In addition , once Constantinople ( Istanbul ) was taken , Russia would have a year-round , ice-free sea passage , allowing her to export much-needed wheat to the western Allies and to receive arms and ammunition . |
19 | The 1990 election considerably strengthened the position of the NVP , allowing it to resist secessionist demands from St Maarten . |
20 | Instead , the government will retain ‘ golden shares ’ in companies it wants to keep in French hands , allowing it to block hostile bidders or the sale of ‘ strategic ’ assets . |
21 | The musical term " leitmotiv " is not inappropriate for the way in which Dickens repeats an idiom or expression , under various modifications and transformations , through episodes of a novel , allowing it to accumulate thematic significance as it goes , an illustration on a small scale of his use of dynamic variation in style . |
22 | CAHAG claims it will set a precedent for other authorities , allowing it to challenge other authorities which are failing in their duty . |
23 | Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions . |
24 | AT&T Co has signed an agreement with the People 's Republic of China allowing it to supply personal telecommunications products with manufacturing partner S Megga International Holdings Ltd 's S Megga Telecommunications Ltd unit : the two have a memorandum of understanding with the China National Posts & Telecommunications Industry Corp to market and distribute AT&T-brand telephones , facsimile machines and other consumer items through hundreds of mainland outlets ; consumer products account for an estimated 20% of a total Chinese telecommunications market of $7,000m a year . |
25 | After 1952 and until 1967 this setup gave a forward position which included extra capacitance in the circuitry to give the neck pickup a ‘ bassier ’ sound , allowing it to supply bass-ish lines . |
26 | The proposals were reported to have offered the MNR a privileged status , allowing it to start political activities within Mozambique as soon as a ceasefire had been concluded , but requiring it to recognize the Mozambican Constitution . |
27 | Allowing us to record any situation |
28 | We may complain about it many times , but think of its wonderful facility of allowing us to phone that relative in the United States , or a friend a few miles away , or the butcher , or our business , and so on . |
29 | They have also worked wonders in the hall areas and we have now been able to bring these areas into use for the Learning Together groups on Sundays and the Beacon Centre on Thursday evenings , allowing us to make early use of the premises and demonstrate to the Community around us the church is in business again . |
30 | The quality of these ‘ roads ' varies with their age , the newest three-plank spongs allowing us to maintain incredible speeds . |