Example sentences of "allowance [is] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , studies of the spectra of the stars can tell us a great deal about their real luminosities , and hence about their distances ; once you know how powerful an object really is , and compare it with its apparent brilliancy , you can work out how far away it must be , provided that due allowance is made for complicating factors such as the absorption of light by material spread thinly through space . |
| 2 | When all allowance is made for such factors , it has to be said that as some people get older they do appear to show a marked increase in anxious self-absorption . |
| 3 | If allowance is made for such births , the proportion of births in 1986 with fathers in social classes I and II falls to 29.6 per cent . |
| 4 | Even when allowance is made for meagre resources , there seemed often to be a wilful and needless callousness to many of these suburban barracks . |
| 5 | The allowance is paid for 4 years and is based upon bus fares . |