Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] allowed to " in BNC.

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1 In his defence of Rushdie 's right to publish , Mr Torode argues we should be allowed to ‘ shock and insult and to ridicule as a way of testing the faith of our forefathers ’ .
2 If she wants to do any or all of these things herself , though , she should be allowed to , and her own wishes in everything at this time should be respected .
3 This , of course , runs counter to the Conservative view that workers should be allowed to ‘ price themselves into employment ’ by accepting wage cuts if necessary .
4 ‘ The argument in Italy that ‘ we 're not ready for competition ’ goes something like ‘ since we have n't been able to serve our customers as we should up until now , no one else should be allowed to ! ’ ’ he said .
5 The wood should be allowed to air dry slowly to avoid a tendency to surface cracking and distortion , but it kiln dries well with little degrade and is stable in service .
6 The directors determined that no AEs should be allowed to so transgress again , which led to a clause in the work contract forbidding employees at any stage to divulge trade secrets to the outside world .
7 Since fusion , courts have been able to administer both law and equity but the distinction between , on the one hand , the costs to be allowed to a successful mortgagee/litigant and , on the other hand , the costs that should be allowed to a mortgagee on the taking of an account in a redemption or foreclosure action remains a real one .
8 Lord Wilberforce suggested that there should be a relaxation of the exclusionary rule so that where a minister promoting a Bill makes an explicit and official statement as to the meaning or scope of the provision , reference should be allowed to that statement .
9 What astonishes Howard , though , is why he should be allowed to be who he is , and live in such a perfectly organized society .
10 On the whole , however , it is submitted that a judicial is preferable to a statutory re-definition , because the existing law , although imprecise , is founded on the right principle , that continuance in perpetuity and exemption from tax should be allowed to those purposes and those alone which are for the benefit of the public .
11 In the Hackney Young Socialists there was formal recognition that women should be allowed to be the chair , or vice-chair , but in Clive 's world women were the secretaries , unless they were very sophisticated cool people . ’
12 I believe in tough regulations , not knee-jerk reactions to public opinion — but the industry should be allowed to gear up to them and to plan five or 10 years ahead .
13 that he 's a member of the er Committee bench , he should be allowed to .
14 John Parry , managing director of developer Hammerson , was reported as saying : ‘ If a landlord or tenant wants a deal to be confidential , then they should be allowed to .
15 He added that pubs and clubs should be allowed to stagger their closing times .
16 The Securities and Investments Board 's Retail review Committee recommended in 1990 that investment trust savings schemes should be allowed to be advertised with the same degree of freedom as unit trusts .
17 But much , in any case , must be allowed to a man who is single-handedly fighting against the times .
18 ( vi ) If the court should hold that a right to sue in libel must be allowed to a local government authority , then , in the alternative , this court should , in extending the law of libel to permit actions by a local authority , impose particular restrictions or limitations upon the cause of action , namely that a local authority could only sue for libel upon proof of special damage ; and that the council would be required to prove both the falsity of the allegation and that it was published maliciously .
19 The three frigates must be allowed to be completed by Swan Hunter .
20 In fact , it seems inescapable that a special status must be allowed to the most basic layer of clause construction in any clause , joining the subject and the predicate , to use traditional terms , whether by assignment of qualification or assignment of equation .
21 She wished fervently that they might be allowed to be together , that nothing would happen to make them part .
22 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 .
23 In this way popular schools could be allowed to ‘ expand ’ by increasing their pupil numbers , whilst unpopular schools would be allowed to contract — and in some cases would cease to be viable .
24 Its aim , outlined at its first meeting on 17 December 1940 , was ‘ to agree on the Railway Shops and how much reserve capacity could be allowed to the various Supply Departments . ’
25 The relative lack of progress on START and in particular the multilateral CFE negotiations ( being conducted in Vienna within the framework of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe , CSCE — see p. 37335 ) since the Malta summit were widely attributed to Soviet concern over the pace and implications of German unification , and whether a unified Germany could be allowed to be a member of NATO .
26 These can be secured at the beginning by placing the laddered stitch on its adjacent needle , with the empty needle in WP throughout OR these stitches may be allowed to ladder and then be picked up and ribbed with the latch tool to form a purl stitch on the right side of the work .
27 Pilger would be allowed to be editor in chief , but to take the job he would have to resign from the Board of Directors .
28 There 's nothing like there 's nothing in there to say that the committee resign en-bloc and shall be allowed to so
29 And they have requested that one of their representatives will be allowed to be present in order to put their case .
30 Dutch museums will be allowed to deaccession to buy other works for the collection
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