Example sentences of "[noun] was [that] it allowed " in BNC.

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1 An advantage of the first point was that it allowed Galileo to say that the sacred scribes had intentionally refrained from imparting complex scientific knowledge , despite having it at their disposal .
2 The attraction of the concept was that it allowed him to square a number of circles at once .
3 One great advantage which he claimed for Realism was that it allowed the analyst to dispense with the motives and intentions of the decision-makers .
4 One notable feature of the gold standard was that it allowed automatic adjustment to take place via changes in expenditure and output .
5 The positive achievement of this tradition was that it allowed different communities , and their claims over their members , to be acknowledged and valued with a new , official respect .
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