Example sentences of "is [conj] it allows the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 One reason for this , rather than the use of binary data , is that it allows the file to be sent via communications channels coded for 7-bit plus parity .
2 The remarkable thing about teacher-in-role is that it allows the teacher to change into a different gear , as it were , as subtly or as crudely as the occasion seems to require .
3 The advantage of supine lying is that it allows the patient to work more easily , because the effect of gravity is reduced , and the patient feels safe because he is fully supported , so he can concentrate on perfect control of the selective movements in his limbs : this is an important stage in the preparation towards making steps , and ultimately to walking .
4 The most significant thing about the system is that it allows the operator to lay out pages on the screen .
5 The danger of the approach is that it allows the courts to intervene even where Parliament intended the tribunal 's decision to be final .
6 A further advantage of this method is that it allows the phonetic location of an incipient change to be identified rather precisely , and particular variants to be associated with particular groups of speakers : ‘ The main difference between the boys and the girls in the use of ( r ) is that the girls are almost always rhotic and most frequently use [ ? ] , while the boys are less frequently rhotic and tend to use [ ? ] more frequently than the girls ’ ( Romaine 1978a : 150 ) .
7 The significance of this technique is that it allows the novelist to incorporate metaphor at the level of what is narrated ( fabula ) , not merely at the level of narration ( sjuzet ) , as is more commonly the case .
8 The advantage of a lens is that it allows the image to be both sharp and bright .
  Next page