Example sentences of "can be allowed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some latitude can be allowed to serious critics who write for periodicals which go to press a long time before a show is on view ; these critics will not be able to comment on how the exhibition actually looks , as their articles will have been written before the show 's installation . |
| 2 | This can be allowed for by the winch or car driver reducing the power slightly . |
| 3 | Annuals , such as cornflowers , larkspurs or marigolds , can be allowed to seed around at will , creating self-perpetuating colonies . |
| 4 | A second possible way in which the existence of A-X and B-Y associations might facilitate the discrimination between A and B follows if it can be allowed that different associations might differ in the ease with which they are remembered . |
| 5 | Some discretion can be allowed on the interpretation of a fault depending on how critical the operation is . |
| 6 | Where equipment is stored and uninterrupted cleaning is taking place , overspill , from equipment and from walls , if chemically suitable , can be allowed to stand until floor cleaning takes place . |
| 7 | Water can be allowed to collect in the base and lifted out by wet vacuum if available . |
| 8 | As another option , on completion of cleaning , part or all of the solution can be allowed to discharge onto the floor and be spread with squeegees or mops to effect floor cleaning . |
| 9 | The underlying quarrel in marriage is frequently about how often each can be allowed to be the baby . |
| 10 | Who can be allowed to come first ? |
| 11 | ‘ Our staffing levels constrain the time off which can be allowed ’ … |
| 12 | As we set out I wonder if I can be allowed more miracles and how the rest of my family and fellow pilgrims will be affected . |
| 13 | Given a good breeze , the 3¾ square metres ( 40 sq ft ) of a standard Rokkaku can be allowed to hover close to ground effect where wind speed is lower . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When the basic flow is established , the light can be allowed to sparkle , dance , or be steady , glowing , smooth or rippling , according to the music that is being expressed . |
| 16 | As coach Roddan says : ‘ The race is so short that nothing can be allowed to go wrong — and nothing must ever distract them . ’ |
| 17 | So , while noting that single caveat , the figure of 2,400 million can be allowed to stand . |
| 18 | They are not so insignificant that they can be ignored ; but nor are they so important that they can be allowed to kill the only prospect for peace that does not involve a fight to a standstill . |
| 19 | Less thoroughgoing and less dangerous aspirations to verse can be allowed to subside of themselves . |
| 20 | Also it is strange that an action which is an abuse of court process can be allowed to proceed simply because no party to the action objects . |
| 21 | And now finally — as we always seem to be saying at the conclusion of our news bulletins — perhaps I can be allowed one or two serious observations . |
| 22 | Such observations may help to explain the protracted sense of crisis in the humanities ; but the model also offers the possibility of regrouping the traditional concerns of the humanities around the notion of ‘ being ’ , if that concept can be allowed . |
| 23 | The second review should be the following day , and then a slight relaxation can be allowed , with two days and four days elapsing . |
| 24 | The idea that society is entitled to take whatever steps may be considered necessary to ensure that companies serve the public interest depends on the theory that the only basis on which companies can be allowed to possess power , which effectively means the only basis on which large companies can be allowed to exist , is that they produce consequences beneficial to society . |
| 25 | The idea that society is entitled to take whatever steps may be considered necessary to ensure that companies serve the public interest depends on the theory that the only basis on which companies can be allowed to possess power , which effectively means the only basis on which large companies can be allowed to exist , is that they produce consequences beneficial to society . |
| 26 | For if that departed order can be allowed any saving graces , it was in that area that they might be found . |
| 27 | Where lead times are certain , they can be allowed for in stock calculations . |
| 28 | Waterlilies can be allowed to die back naturally , but any leaves with soft , crumbling edges or spreading black blotches should be regarded with suspicion and removed , as they may well be infected by waterlily leaf spot . |
| 29 | I find it difficult to conceive how an international hospital with a high with a highly regarded professional staff can be allowed to slip into terminal decline . |
| 30 | But , whether he can be allowed to say so or not , the plaintiff does not say so here . |