Example sentences of "be allowed [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In future they would no longer be allowed to finance public-sector deficits or loan applications from large debtors . |
| 2 | For an annual sum of £100 he was to take on the care , culture and management of the Garden for a term of seven years from Michaelmas , to keep in repair the stove , greenhouse and other buildings and utensils contained in them , to make a catalogue of the plants and , an additional commercial perquisite , to be allowed to sell surplus fruit and plants for his own benefit . |
| 3 | Should children be allowed to receive Holy Communion , discuss . |
| 4 | An earlier proposal that solicitors employed by foreign lawyers in England and Wales should be allowed to give legal advice to clients of the practice as well as doing non-reserved work for such clients has been dropped , at any rate for the time being until some adequate system of regulation can be devised . |
| 5 | I feel that everything I have mentioned in this article is part of good mathematical teaching practice , e.g. that all young children should be allowed to formulate mathematical ideas in familiar language , that all children should be regarded as potential learners and that parents should be helped to understand what the school is trying to achieve . |
| 6 | The issues are complex and multi-faceted , but a concentration on economic questions — as in the application of the QALY approach — must not be allowed to overshadow humanitarian considerations . |
| 7 | What was more , since " a deputation from the female compositors [ had insisted ] upon an agreement anent same " , they were to be allowed to do upmaking and corrections on machine-set matter until the whole matter is settled " . " |
| 8 | Mr Carmichael was in contemplative mood yesterday after the news that betting shops would be allowed to remain open until 10pm during the summer months , bringing Scotland into line with England and Wales . |
| 9 | " They should not be allowed to arrange unchecked and uncontrolled the terms of peace and to decide alone the conditions which will follow it . " |
| 10 | It was revealed in October 1989 that the Defence Department had rejected an internally commissioned report which suggested that homosexual men and women be allowed to undertake military service . |
| 11 | It arranged with the manufacturers that he would be allowed to see technical data that had been carefully doctored to include major errors . |
| 12 | As coach Roddan says : ‘ The race is so short that nothing can be allowed to go wrong — and nothing must ever distract them . ’ |
| 13 | When the Earl arrives in Bristol , Matilda and the prince will be allowed to go free and Gloucester 's son likewise . ’ |
| 14 | Foreign investors would be allowed to take long leases on land , and the under-utilised port would be thrown open to foreign traders . |
| 15 | It concerned naturalization : under what conditions should people , born abroad and not of Libyan parents , be allowed to take Libyan nationality ? |
| 16 | If the company had been solvent and considering a civil action against the Bank , it would not be allowed to take pretrial depositions from those who may have participated in the fraud . |
| 17 | Sikh competitors will , on prior application to the Chief Referee , be allowed to wear modified ritual headgear . |
| 18 | In future , while candidates will be allowed to use advanced calculators , they will be forbidden from storing information in the memories of such machines or from using calculators that can be linked by aerial to computers outside the examination room . |
| 19 | Police would be allowed to use undercover operations and to tap telephones in the course of anti-Mafia investigations . |
| 20 | The package would also give the central bank increased independence in monetary policy , and Albanians would be allowed to open hard-currency bank accounts and to receive remittances from abroad . |
| 21 | Fast food chains like McDonald 's are to be allowed to open new sites offering food , petrol and toilets 24 hours a day , Transport Secretary John MacGregor announced yesterday . |
| 22 | His promise that only soundly financed banks would be allowed to open restored confidence , and the immediate crisis passed . |
| 23 | Alcoholic drinks should only be given if the doctor allows it , and the patient must not be allowed to drink excessive amounts of alcohol . |
| 24 | The ‘ headlands ’ , where the horses or tractors turn at either end of the ridges , constitute too large a proportion of a smallholder 's roots field to be allowed to lie fallow , but they can not be cultivated and sown until the inter-row hoeing is completed . |
| 25 | Artisans and small traders were to be allowed to perform individual services from their homes , from shops or by street vending , provided they had a trading licence and a medical card . |
| 26 | Western politicians have repeatedly made it clear that the PLO is unlikely to be allowed to represent Palestinian interests because of its supposed support for the Saddam Hussein regime . |
| 27 | Parties must obviously be allowed to retain excess seats , so the membership of the Bundestag has to be increased . |
| 28 | Councils will be allowed to appoint non-voting advisers to committees who must have relevant expertise or experience and not be disqualified from council membership — except in the case of teachers on education or library committees . |
| 29 | Walloon Socialists reluctantly conceded that French-speakers living in Flanders ( including the controversial José Happart ) should not be allowed to hold political office in Wallonia . |
| 30 | Engineering union leader Gavin Laird said ‘ personal vanity ’ should not be allowed to obscure Labour policy . |