be permitted
Example Sentences
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Governments should not be permitted to search broad groups of innocent people merely because technology makes doing so efficient.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
The company advised festival-goers travelling by train to only pack what they can comfortably carry and said luggage trolleys will not be permitted on services.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
The field narrowed after several groups objected to an election law which set the conditions under which candidates would be permitted to stand.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
On Monday Raúl Castro’s great nephew Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, Cuba’s deputy prime minister, announced that Cubans living abroad would be permitted to invest and become owners of businesses on the island.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
After we had been sent to Robben Island, there was concern among our supporters that we would not be permitted to study.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
