Example sentences of "we allow [pron] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But are we allowing ourselves to be carried away by false vanity ? |
| 2 | The questions are independent of any evidence and we allowed them to be asked and argued . |
| 3 | Immediately we could sense a rough and rather unpleasant atmosphere , but we allowed ourselves to be swept up the steps of the first house into a howling throng of excitable spectators . |
| 4 | We will be asked why , given the evidence of the time , when EFTA and the east European countries were queueing up to join the tighter Community that was being proposed , we allowed ourselves to be left outside . |
| 5 | We 're to blame for the way we allow ourselves to be treated , but curiously the solution does not lie in our hands . |
| 6 | That now , when perhaps we need Him most of all , we allow ourselves to be weaned away from He who gave us life ? |
| 7 | When we allow ourselves to be dominated by the demands and opinions of others , our own self-esteem diminishes . |
| 8 | Material gain We allow ourselves to be persuaded when we think we are going to get richer , to have a more luxurious lifestyle , to make acquisitions . |
| 9 | We get scared by history ; we allow ourselves to be bullied by data . |
| 10 | We allow ourselves to be served by surly shop assistants — and we do n't complain . |
| 11 | As a church do we put ourselves with Jesus on the side of people in need or do we allow ourselves to be paralysed by fear or the temptations of wealth and forget what we would rather not know ? |