Example sentences of "allowing for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The goodwill in this case maybe calculated on two to three years ' purchase of so-called absolute net profit ( ie net profit after allowing for the salary of a fully-qualified manager for each shop ) .
2 Thus all references to sets of conditions are to be understood as allowing for the possibility of one-member sets .
3 When considering commodities that are ‘ inferior ’ ( in terms of quantity demanded as income rises ) , the in-kind transfer may be a more rational choice of instrument , allowing for the possibility that ‘ ineligible ’ individuals may attempt to make false claims on government assistance .
4 Secondly , and allowing for the possibility that our global score might have detected minor increases in the mucosal neutrophils in some cases of mild active duodenitis , the number of patients with heavy neutrophilic infiltration ( severe active duodenitis ) was also greater in the absence of NSAIDs .
5 On paper their bowling looks a trifle thin , particularly with regard to the demands of the Britannic Assurance County Championship , even allowing for the wit and wisdom of Messrs Hughes and Botham .
6 The van der Waals equation is where a is a constant which corrects for the attractive forces between gas molecules and b is a constant which corrects the volume of the gas by allowing for the part of the volume occupied by the gas molecules .
7 Even allowing for the probability that Time was no non-stop streamliner , faring ever forward at the same speed every day of creation , some fresh interruption of Nature must have occurred to explain its present serpentine course .
8 Punjab had been under president 's rule since May 1987 and its assembly , suspended at that time , had been dissolved in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 for constitutional amendment passed at that time allowing for the continuation of president 's rule for three years ] .
9 From the outlet , fit the first bracket 1m along , against the string line ( allowing for the thickness of the gutter ) and fit the first length of guttering to the outlet and the supporting bracket .
10 When you come to think about it , how amazing it is that a singer whose recording career lasted only seven years ( where Decca is concerned ) could produce enough material to fill ten CDs even allowing for the addition of much off-the-air material , and excluding Das Lied von der Erde , the Klemperer Kindertotenlieder and Mahler 's Second , and Brahms 's Liebesliederwalzer , the last three just issued on three further discs in Decca 's Historic series .
11 Even allowing for the cost of the curtain tape and cotton required , I calculated that I would be overcharged by £80 .
12 Allowing for the generation gap , we found we had a surprising amount in common .
13 The parliament of the Czech Lands in mid-April approved a new restitution law allowing for the return of property in the Czech Lands confiscated between 1945 and 1948 .
14 But the second part of the subsection , which seeks to reproduce the essence of the previous law — allowing for the substitution of ‘ violence ’ in place of ‘ breach of the peace ’ — is potentially confusing , because it contains both subjective and objective requirements as alternatives .
15 Its objectives were to oversee a ceasefire and to bring to an end the civil war , thereby allowing for the formation of an interim government and the holding of free elections .
16 A portrait of a fat and overpowering Sir John is still at the house today and , even allowing for the artist 's flattery of his patron , this is a face you would not trust .
17 In many countries gonorrhoea is the most commonly notified communicable disease , even allowing for the under-reporting , which usually far exceeds the notification rate .
18 ‘ Even allowing for the journey from the airport , you ought to have been here long before now .
19 Chief among the proposals was a clause allowing for the removal of the heads of the armed forces , something forbidden under the 1980 Constitution approved by the military .
20 The gallery , a relatively small space , allowing for the hanging of twelve to fifteen paintings , will be run by Christophe Lázar , who originally came to Colnaghi 's after eight years in private banking at Schroders in New York and investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston in London .
21 In December 1991 the Legislative Assembly had sanctioned constitutional changes allowing for the abolition of the army [ see p. 38672 ] .
22 Section 7–4 examines the implications of the taxation of intermediate goods , allowing for the interdependence of industries ( via the input-output table ) , and describes a simple hierarchical model of production .
23 In December a number of PFLP detainees were released [ see p. 37136 ] , and on Jan. 20 , 1990 , Badran issued a circular to all government departments allowing for the re-employment of any civil servant who had been discharged since the April 1989 riots on the strength of the country 's martial law regulations .
24 The latest capital spending review could result in a near 20 p.c. cut in total investment to $6½ billion ( £3.7 billion ) against $8 billion ( £4.6 billion ) last year although after allowing for the purchase of Petromed in Spain the figure is nearer 7 p.c .
25 The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold .
26 Allowing for the hour 's difference between French time and GMT , this meant that Thomas 's aircraft was shot down 30 minutes after the main attack .
27 ‘ Even allowing for the subject under exposition that evening , ’ he said , ‘ I would hardly think that the two were connected . ’
28 However , most of the literature does not satisfactorily account for the simultaneous determination of wages and membership while allowing for the interaction between the free rider problem and workers ' tastes .
29 Animals , infants , and deviant adults are said to see , hear , smell and so on , in those special circumstances , where we feel impelled to mark the similarity of their behaviour to that of human beings situated likewise whilst allowing for the inability to describe what they perceive .
30 Although the quantitative approach raises its own problems of methodology and measurement in attempting to model complex behaviour , it can be useful in sharpening concepts , providing some common ground between different disciplines and isolating the effects of one particular variable whilst allowing for the influence of the others .
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