Example sentences of "[modal v] to be allowed " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people of Birmingham ought to be allowed to vote on this all-important issue . |
| 2 | She would n't do it at the time , because she felt the whole issue ought to be allowed to settle down . |
| 3 | The subscribers ought to be allowed the ‘ free entrance of light into these their pleasure houses as it steals from heaven without embargo or blockade . ’ |
| 4 | Also , allowing representatives to initiate applications for judicial review raises the question of whether representatives ought to be allowed to intervene in applications initiated by others in order to express opposing or complementary points of view . |
| 5 | Mena did in her way , it was n't enough , she needed an educated person to put her case to — everybody ought to be allowed to put their case — we did n't even try to hear hers , we only heard the tone . |
| 6 | Submissions were made that a life prisoner whose case is being referred to the judges under the ‘ first ’ consultation procedure ought to be allowed to make representations to the judges with the object of limiting his tariff , and further that the material to be placed before the judges should also be available for examination by the prisoner . |
| 7 | When our modern ladies shall follow such examples in everything their plea ought to be allowed in this . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd think she ought to be allowed to get on with it . ’ |
| 9 | It is advisable , however , not to alter the tuning of any one drum by more than a tone ( since small alterations of tuning can be effected by ‘ feel ’ to a great extent ) , and a dozen or more bars of moderate time ought to be allowed for accurate adjustment of the tuning-screws . |
| 10 | Laura was doubtful whether the little girl ought to be allowed to go out like that alone with an old man , and not a very scrupulous one at that , for a whole afternoon . |
| 11 | ‘ it came into being not as an essential part of a theory of the law of contract but more or less fortuitously as an expedient adopted in order to determine when persons injured by the breach of a promise ought to be allowed to bring an action ’ ( paragraph 18 of the 6th interim report of the Law Revision Committee , 1937 Cmd. 5449 ) |
| 12 | And that is why , as Mr said , I think they ought to be allowed to produce some sort of advertising pamphlet , and get their act together , because if they 're going to go and compete out there they 've got to be prepared for it , and we 've got to allow them to give a decent presentation , at least have a decent glossy brochure to push round , so at least they can say what they do , because they will never compete when they are privatised unless they get it . |