Permits

Examples

• Ferguson said, further, that the Pope permits no ancient work of this kind to leave his dominions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Space permits the submission of but a few observations and suggestions on these points:---- _Necessity_ is still the mother of inventions, but not of all of them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I have advanced to a certain distance, as far as the true and sovereign and undegraded nature of my kind permits; now here I stand rooted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This arrangement permits of performing a few experiments more than does the one just described. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• We have been very happy, John Carter, she said, and I thank whatever fate overtakes us that it permits us to die together. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Sorrow and misfortune overtake the legislature that still from year to year permits Tahoe to retain its unmusical cognomen! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• B ut it is the use of words that permits us to escape most completely from the more p rimitive forms of intelligence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• That is, the pressure on the push button permits current to flow to the bell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Your uncle kindly permits my attendance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• H is a purge or overflow pipe, K a sight hole which permits the operation of the apparatus to be watched, the stream of water being distinctly seen in the free interval. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It permits the face or style of type to be changed at will and it permits the operator to read and correct his matter as he proceeds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• After all, justice permits you to keep it: you may, with a clear conscience, consider it absolutely your own. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A valve is then opened which permits the air to flow from the working chamber into the lock, until the lock becomes filled with air of the same pressure as exists in the heading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some luxuries that one permits oneself. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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