Example sentences of "[be] letting [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's certainly true , I do n't think that we 're letting development rip . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's certainly true that if people suggest they will go to the appeal procedure then we will do almost everything we can to avoid that , which means in some cases we 're letting people get away with something that you would n't let others get away with , simply because they 're being difficult — well , not being difficult , they would be just exercising their rights . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I thought so , but what I ca n't understand is why you 're letting Dana get away with it . |
| 4 | But the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is angry that some other local authorities are letting agents get away with murder . |
| 5 | ‘ I am letting things run down , ’ I said . |
| 6 | Edna wont be letting viewers peep behind HER lace curtains . |
| 7 | A disappointed Wilkinson explained : ‘ From a football aspect my point of view was that I would n't be letting Batty go . |
| 8 | If that does n't fit with the Committee 's findings — and we must be letting Washington have those eventually — will that really patch things up ? ’ |
| 9 | Tell the candidate what is happening at the next stage in the selection and/or the date when you will be letting people know your decision . |
| 10 | Who 's letting things drift ? she argued . |
| 11 | Poppa 's letting Harry build up his own stud . |
| 12 | It 's letting people know that their contribution has been appreciated , that their ideas are valued and that they can have their say , whether others agree with the content or not . |
| 13 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 14 | The simplest is letting banks put aside less capital when they have arrangements with other banks for ‘ netting ’ — ie , reducing what would be multiple payments to a single transfer of a net obligation . |
| 15 | Charles Pollard says soft sentencing is letting criminals get off lightly , and he 's calling for urgent reform of the criminal justice system . |
| 16 | In the same year , 1955 , Khrushchev had got his first close view of his adversary , Dulles , at the Geneva summit conference , passing notes to Eisenhower who , Khrushchev decided disapprovingly , was letting Dulles do his thinking for him . |