Example sentences of "might be allowed " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was that only an extremely grave provocation ought to mitigate a killing with a deadly weapon , whereas a lesser provocation might be allowed to mitigate other killings . |
| 2 | For a moment he entertained the hope that he might be allowed to call her ‘ Mam ’ , the way he used to , or even ‘ Mummy ’ , as she always called herself when speaking to other people . |
| 3 | If she could get to Bart 's before the day staff had begun their routine , she might be allowed a few moments with Amy . |
| 4 | ‘ Since I have heard this particular sermon frequently , ’ he said , ‘ perhaps I might be allowed to provide an exegesis of the text . |
| 5 | In such cases borrowers with repayment rather than endowment mortgages might be allowed to extend the length of their mortgage instead of increasing the payments . |
| 6 | In extreme circumstances borrowers might be allowed to pay interest only for a while . |
| 7 | I would have thought having worked for Ricky for nearly two years , she might be allowed to evolve her own style . ’ |
| 8 | They might be allowed to use signing , or speech with signing support . |
| 9 | On December 28 he would be twenty years old , and he wondered bitterly when he might be allowed to grow up . |
| 10 | Premises might be allowed to deteriorate by the proposed assignee . |
| 11 | But perhaps like Tony Prosser I might be allowed to conclude by citing the words of Edward Sparer when assessing the future after the failure of the US sequential test-case strategy : |
| 12 | A youthful flirtation with Marx and Sartre might be allowed , even encouraged , as wild oats are sown before they are gathered , and both Amis and Iris Murdoch were teenage communists ; but the new realism , simply because it was realist , was bound to take its lessons from nearer home . |
| 13 | They thought of the movies as a mechanical novelty , a meaningless and trivial craze which might be allowed to provide a moment 's distraction at a music-hall or vaudeville show but which normally belonged to the amusement arcade or fairground . |
| 14 | She wished fervently that they might be allowed to be together , that nothing would happen to make them part . |
| 15 | The government admitted that companies bidding for franchises after the privatisation of British Rail might be allowed to concrete over the tracks and run buses instead . |
| 16 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 17 | In the last chapter they might be allowed to repent on their deathbeds . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ On one day or another , I might be allowed to recognise you . ’ |
| 19 | From the no-man 's land at the entrance to the ward , where the brown lino changed to blue , Tilda 's voice could be heard , asking whether she and her sister might be allowed to bring Mr Blake a bottle of Suncrush . |
| 20 | ‘ And he seemed such a nice young man , ’ said Ianthe helplessly , for by what standards was one to judge the kind of person who might be allowed to take a book out of the library if not by the usual ones of manner , speech , dress , and general demeanour ? |
| 21 | Similarly , areas within a seceding union republic which were populated predominantly by an ethnic group forming a minority in the republic , but which did not enjoy regional autonomy , might be allowed , subject to a referendum and negotiation , to remain within the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | Statements by Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan ibn Abdel Aziz on Oct. 20 , and by King Fahd on Oct. 23 , caused some concern to the US government in particular because of the apparent suggestion that Iraq might be allowed to negotiate an advantageous realignment of its border with Kuwait if it were to abandon its occupation . |
| 23 | The edict of Chilperic I tackled a larger selection of issues , including inheritance , dowry and robbery , but above all it legislated on the whole process of bringing a slave to trial by ordeal ; when he was to be handed over to trial , and what delays might be allowed before the king 's legal officer , the graphio , and the local law-men , the rachinburgi , took action . |
| 24 | For instance , a local planning authority may decide that an office of a special character might be allowed in a residential area but at the same time may not wish the premises to be available for any type of office use . |
| 25 | Chair , if I might be allowed just thirty seconds comment on the budget from the point of view of some of the central services . |