Sentence examples for a few allowances from inspiring English sources

It is 'Andersen-mania', Margaret Thatcher disguised as the little mermaid to make us think that if we give 'disposable workers' a few allowances, some training and rapid re-integration we are making them more secure.

In the United States, when a child murders a classmate or a family member, the criminal-justice system makes few allowances for youth.

Few allowances exist, apparently, for a tenant present before the creation.

Even if we make a few more allowances by making the heel thicker or the stepping angle smaller, we cannot let our little princess veer so dangerously close to disaster.

Most EU states gave extra allowances to heavy industries such as cement and steel, because they didn't want to threaten the manufacturers' international competitiveness; by the same logic, states gave relatively few allowances to producers of electricity, a commodity that must be generated close to consumers and thus is not forced into global competition.

The workplace makes few allowances for women who want to take a career break.

Male-dominated systems minimise the qualifications of women and make few allowances for the asymmetries in child-rearing.

The ballets, also performed with different casts on Saturday afternoon and evening, made few allowances for youth and nerves.

And despite the fact that accidents happen, people make mistakes, or may get ill we make few allowances for those in need-except when it happens to us.

And teachers make few allowances for those slacking in class, not understanding that three hours' sleep would make any class difficult.

The uncompromising Mayer makes few allowances for amateurs; if you can't keep up with him, it's your problem, not his.