Example sentences of "allow [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Because it allows me to be single-minded in my work . ’ |
| 32 | If you want a career that ensures that you will not be bored , will be stretched to your full capacity every day and allows you to be yourself , as well as earn a good salary at a general manager level — £30,000 a year — you could do a lot worse than the hotel and catering industry . |
| 33 | Just as importantly , he is possessed of a generosity of mind which allows him to be calmly judicious about the merits of writers who can advocate militant homosexuality and drug-taking ( such as Thom Gunn ) , sympathise with feminism ( Elaine Feinstein ) or adhere to some variant of Marxism ( Hugh MacDiarmid ) . |
| 34 | Thus if I break a promise for my own convenience , I fail to treat the person to whom I made it as an end in himself , for I can hardly expect him to endorse a principle of action which allows him to be treated thus . |
| 35 | 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 . ’ |
| 36 | But in addition to this , wine would be made available to the local population at an affordable price , and in a condition that allows it to be stored without spoiling . |
| 37 | Metal lends itself to a wider range of decorative techniques than most other materials because of its physical properties , particularly its ductility , which allows it to be twisted into wire or inlaid with other metals and even other materials such as gemstones . |
| 38 | These chemicals are , by general definition , detergents although the term has now come to be restricted to a group of synthetic chemicals which have very specific effects the result of which is that dirt is taken into suspension in a stable form that allows it to be rinsed away . |
| 39 | This gives no action to Titius , but the SC allows it to be treated as if it read fidei tuae committo ut Titio hereditatem restituas . |
| 40 | But the jurist allows it to be treated as inhering in the legacy , charged on the sum of money which has now come to Maevius . |
| 41 | A spotlight is often used for this , as it concentrates the beam and allows it to be aimed very precisely at areas such as shoulders and the tops of heads . |
| 42 | This formulation still allows it to be a justifiable ground for causing pain that it will promote a ‘ greater ’ pleasure , when no equivalent pleasure can be obtained otherwise . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | At the same time the kairos approach apparently allows it to be said that the past has not been at fault ; it is simply that God moves with humanity into a new age . |
| 45 | Its data-holding potential allows it to be used to help ensure that all pupils are involved in the game as well as the traditional competitive classroom activity , testing . |
| 46 | The application of previously defined style or property sheets to large amounts of text allows it to be rapidly converted from one form into another , merely by adjusting the rules written into the style sheet . |
| 47 | At the back there is a horizontal belt sleeve which allows it to be attached to a belt up to 70mm wide and there is also a vertical sleeve 50mm wide which permits it to be worn on its side or slid down over a vertical post for use as a permanent fixture at a centre or clubhouse . |
| 48 | The Microlog has a simple system which allows it to be attached quickly to the pushpit . |
| 49 | Furthermore , its integration with other desktop applications allows it to be used as a powerful document transmission system . |
| 50 | This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives . |
| 51 | This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives . |
| 52 | This assent could sometimes be difficult to establish but fortunately Rule 5 allows it to be implied and to be given in advance . |
| 53 | The essentially degressive structure of UK personal income taxation ( tax allowances plus a single marginal tax rate ) allows it to be represented as where |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | DSD manages the green dot scheme ; use of the green dot on packaging allows it to be dumped in special collection bins for recycling . |
| 57 | This allows us to be patient in the face of the daily frustrations of life . |
| 58 | Confidence in God allows us to be gentle with others as we no longer struggle to assert our own plans and willpower over them . |
| 59 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |
| 60 | It was only when I was involved in learning which allowed me to be creative and to develop without feeling threatened , that statements like this became meaningful . |