Example sentences of "[pers pn] allows [pron] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Chatterton chooses to flog , with the agreement of the committee , priceless port from the cellar , so long as the money is laundered through the entertainment account it allows him to be subsidised for a jaunt to Monte Carlo and no doubt Fishbane for nights of bliss with ladies from a call-girl agency . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Because it allows me to be single-minded in my work . ’ |
| 3 | The supply of money is assumed to be determined by government : what the government chooses it to be , or what it allows it to be by its choice of the level and method of financing the PSBR . |
| 4 | Divergent sexuality , it is clear even now , is only permissible as long as it allows itself to be stolen , as long as it conforms to existing industry patterns and dominant sexual stereotypes . |
| 5 | This process is analogous to a buyer at an auction paying more than he can afford because he allows himself to be swept along by the bidding . |
| 6 | Instead , he allows it to be assumed that the council 's plans for the coronation of Edward V were in line with the king 's sagax dispositio as embodied in the codicils to his will . |
| 7 | Instead , he allows it to be assumed that the council 's plans for the coronation of Edward V were in line with the king 's sagax dispositio as embodied in the codicils to his will . |