Example sentences of "[be] allowed a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana could choose to stay within the Royal Family and be allowed a greater measure of freedom . |
| 2 | dividend and if your dividend had accumulated to so much you would maybe be allowed a black book . |
| 3 | Following notification by the Seller to the Purchaser of such cause , the Seller shall be allowed a reasonable extension of time for the performance of its obligations . |
| 4 | If the occupier then asks them to leave , they must be allowed a reasonable time to leave , after which they will become trespassers . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 1 ) On a taxation of costs on a standard basis there shall be allowed a reasonable amount in respect of all costs reasonably incurred and any doubts which the taxing officer may have as to whether the costs were reasonably incurred or were reasonable in amount shall be resolved in favour of the paying party ; and in these rules the term ‘ the standard basis ' in relation to the taxation of costs shall be construed accordingly . |
| 6 | If I may be allowed a topical rugby metaphor , we had , so to speak lined up the ball for a conversion . |
| 7 | In addition , every member of the co-operative would be allowed a private plot of up to 5,000 square metres , while the land on which a farmer 's home and outbuildings stood ( up to a maximum of 6,000 square metres ) would become the freehold property of the householder . |
| 8 | Later this year , MPs will be allowed a free vote on three alternative reforms , ranging from the restrictive to the liberal . |
| 9 | The President said Parliament would be allowed a free vote on the reintroduction of the death penalty , which de Klerk suspended three years ago . |
| 10 | In emergency situations , it seemed , constitutional niceties had no place and the chief executive had to be allowed a free hand , an ominous precedent that was to be followed by a series of major military initiatives by presidents with little or no regard to the war power of congress . |
| 11 | Police have warned that despite last nights events , car thieves will not be allowed a free ride in the Oxford area . |