Example sentences of "[adv] to allow [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second round Trentham began to land the odd punch , but never hard enough to allow Tommy to go down . |
| 2 | ‘ Maastricht went too far for public opinion , but not far enough to allow Europe to deal effectively with the problems it faces , such as Yugoslavia , ’ says an exasperated German official . |
| 3 | Motherwell took 27 minutes to create their first chance when Chris McCart carved out an opening for Joe McLeod , but the striker hesitated long enough to allow Brian Irvine to block the effort . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Granting the application , that the central objective of the category of public interest immunity involved was the maintenance of an honourable , disciplined , law-abiding and uncorrupt police force ; that therefore , in view of the public disquiet understandably aroused by proven malpractice of some members of the disbanded West Midlands Serious Crime Squad , and of the extensive publicity already attaching to the authority 's documents following B. 's successful appeal , it could not be said that those who had co-operated in the authority 's investigation would regret that co-operation , or that future generations of potential witnesses would withhold it , if the court were to release the documents to the applicants to enable them to defeat if they could an allegedly corrupt claim in damages ; that the imperative public interest in the case was that the applicants had a proper opportunity of obtaining the evidence they sought so that the grave allegations which they made , and were the same allegations that had troubled the Court of Appeal sufficiently to allow B. 's appeal , could be properly tested in the courts ; and that , accordingly , B. 's undertaking would be varied to allow him to hand over to the applicants those of the authority 's documents which were incorporated in his appeal bundle , the applicants for their part undertaking to use those documents only for the purposes of defending the present libel proceedings pursued against them ( post , pp. 927G — 928A , B ) . |
| 5 | The other 11 states had agreed only to allow South Africa to " re-engage in cultural and scientific co-operation " as a gesture of encouragement to de Klerk . |
| 6 | Pressure on the authorities not to send Mr Yang back to China grew on Tuesday when Amnesty International requested all its members telex John Major , the Foreign Secretary , urging him not to allow Mr Yang to be returned ‘ under any circumstances ’ . |
| 7 | He compounded the defence of his players with arrogance by saying that he 'd be asking the FA not to allow Buksh to referee any more Arsenal games this season . |
| 8 | The Quartermaster General 's staff were instructed not to allow Aden to become another expensive base and hostage to fortune . |
| 9 | Yet when victory beckoned earlier this year in the Australian Masters , he backed off to allow Craig Parry to nip in and take the title . |
| 10 | Trent gave him a nod of thanks and a dollar , then stood aside to allow Gomez into the saloon : ’ Mi casa es su casa , Señor . ’ |
| 11 | He declined to take the Home Secretary 's advice to close down the Daily Herald , and declined also to allow Churchill to take over the BBC . |
| 12 | Meetings with the Reference Group of local providers will continue periodically to allow Lothian 's purchasing arrangements to be reviewed ; in addition we are pleased to receive feedback at any time . |
| 13 | The attendants stood back to allow Erlich and the Station Chief to go on their own to the centre of the room where the two stretchers were parked on their wheeled bases , draped with green sheeting . |
| 14 | Botham then bowled dismally to allow Greenidge and Haynes to make a good start , after which Richardson clocked up a steady hundred . |
| 15 | Recording needs to be paused here to allow William Russell and Carole Ann Ford time to join the others on the TARDIS set . |