Example sentences of "be allow to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fresh-faced , girl-next-door image could not be allowed to be tarnished by being linked with the wrong merchandise and the negotiations that went into choosing the first Kylie-recommended products were intense . |
| 2 | The position I have tried to adopt is that whilst the atheist must demand clarity , the theist can argue that the nature of his or her task necessitates a use of language that is bound to be criticised as unusual , although it can not be allowed to be contradictory . |
| 3 | And they have requested that one of their representatives will be allowed to be present in order to put their case . |
| 4 | At all costs aggressive behaviour must not be allowed to be rewarding . |
| 5 | And because I 'd let her fall off , she would n't be allowed to be a nun any more , because she had fallen into the lake of mud and I knew you could n't be a nun unless your clothes were clean . |
| 6 | If God intended that parents should not be permitted to come between a husband and a wife , then surely football pals or the darts team , the sports club , or any other activity should not be allowed to be an obstacle to this new relationship . |
| 7 | The underlying quarrel in marriage is frequently about how often each can be allowed to be the baby . |
| 8 | Can the car be allowed to be just a car , no longer a symbol of defence against possible demands , feelings about a prettier younger sister or a manipulating mother ? |
| 9 | Many natural foods we have happily consumed for centuries would never be allowed to be sold in the shops today if they were subject to the same tests as modern drugs and edible substances . |
| 10 | A certain area of the water surface can be allowed to be covered over by floating plants , especially if certain plants preferring shade or poor light conditions are grown . |
| 11 | The Faculty also calls for group losses surrendered ( within a ‘ 75% group ’ ) , which can not be relieved in the same accounting period , to be allowed to be carried back to an earlier accounting period . |
| 12 | Pilger would be allowed to be editor in chief , but to take the job he would have to resign from the Board of Directors . |
| 13 | She wished fervently that they might be allowed to be together , that nothing would happen to make them part . |
| 14 | Although they may occasionally still be allowed to be creatures of intuition and athleticism and skill , the logos say they are always a digit in the equation , a blip in the electronic spreadsheet of some global , transnational corporation . |
| 15 | And because they are there , the risk of development taking place in this conservation area at some future date should , willy-nilly , be allowed to be increased ? |
| 16 | What astonishes Howard , though , is why he should be allowed to be who he is , and live in such a perfectly organized society . |
| 17 | It is doubtful , though , that that hope will be allowed to be fulfilled . |
| 18 | Employees of joint boards and joint committees will , if the White Paper is implemented , be allowed to be councillors in constituent authorities provided they are not nominated for board or committee membership , or are prohibited by their job . |
| 19 | Many of the new middle class girls ' schools sought to show that they took the problem of adolescent development seriously by appointing doctors to safeguard the welfare of their charges , and until well into the twentieth century pupils attending the Girls ' Public Day School Trust schools , the first of which opened in 1872 , went to school only in the mornings so that they should avoid strain and be allowed to be at home with their mothers in the afternoons . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | In April the Accounting Standards Board proposed that provisions for future losses and reorganisation costs after an acquisition will no longer be allowed to be taken straight out of the balance sheet of the purchaser 's accounts , without passing through its profit and loss account . |
| 22 | If the hon. Lady or Puffin Books can show that the use of the puffin symbol contravenes the text that I quoted from the 1986 voluntary agreement , without being bound by court procedures and legal niceties and technicalities , we have a system deliberately designed to be sufficiently flexible to allow action to be taken and new barriers which will not be allowed to be broken . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The three frigates must be allowed to be completed by Swan Hunter . |
| 25 | Ultimately we are campaigning to be allowed to be ourselves , with all out differences and similarities , and such an aim can only be to the advantage of us all . |
| 26 | Should a fossil reptile found in Scotland be allowed to be sold to Germany ? |
| 27 | Their long-term viability can not be allowed to be compromised . |
| 28 | 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 . |