Example sentences of "to be allow [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western politicians have repeatedly made it clear that the PLO is unlikely to be allowed to represent Palestinian interests because of its supposed support for the Saddam Hussein regime . |
| 2 | For an annual sum of £100 he was to take on the care , culture and management of the Garden for a term of seven years from Michaelmas , to keep in repair the stove , greenhouse and other buildings and utensils contained in them , to make a catalogue of the plants and , an additional commercial perquisite , to be allowed to sell surplus fruit and plants for his own benefit . |
| 3 | Artisans and small traders were to be allowed to perform individual services from their homes , from shops or by street vending , provided they had a trading licence and a medical card . |
| 4 | What was more , since " a deputation from the female compositors [ had insisted ] upon an agreement anent same " , they were to be allowed to do upmaking and corrections on machine-set matter until the whole matter is settled " . " |
| 5 | The ‘ headlands ’ , where the horses or tractors turn at either end of the ridges , constitute too large a proportion of a smallholder 's roots field to be allowed to lie fallow , but they can not be cultivated and sown until the inter-row hoeing is completed . |
| 6 | Fast food chains like McDonald 's are to be allowed to open new sites offering food , petrol and toilets 24 hours a day , Transport Secretary John MacGregor announced yesterday . |
| 7 | Claiming that some weapons equipment " could be diverted to civilian use " , Aziz stressed that Iraq had to be allowed to establish civilian industries which would " benefit our people " . |