The phrase "a format that allows" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a specific format that provides the capability or permission for something to occur.
Example: "We need to choose a format that allows for easy data sharing among team members."
Alternatives: "a format enabling" or "a format permitting".
His captaincy is generally decisive and bold in a format that allows no time for ponderous contemplation.
For women, the teen genre is a format that allows for the representation of strong female identities that are not linked into romantic narratives or family.
The ultimate solution is coming up with a format that allows it to be played anywhere — in your car, on your PlayStation, on your computer".
I'll concede that it's difficult to have a thoughtful exploration of complex issues in a format that allows a candidate just 90 seconds to answer.
At Tarrytown, the comedian Scott Blakeman will feed him questions in a format that allows him to reminisce about all that.
Now Yahoo will use emerging technology known as really simple syndication, or R.S.S., a format that allows publishers of Web pages to make their content available to software that can read it and present it in different formats.
It fell on Lavin, who led the earliest groups, to create a format that allowed members to explore these more personal issues.
With a format that allowed candidates to question one another directly, the debate quickly fell into that mold, with the three conservative politicians, including former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, repeatedly facing off against the outsider, Junichiro Koizumi.
Ms. Arrarás saw it as an opportunity to reinvent herself and try a looser style in a format that allowed her to relax, wear plunging necklines and make jokes.
Last year they expanded the semifinal round to 36 contestants from 24, a format that allowed the judges to give some of their favorites another chance to impress voters in a wild-card round before the field was narrowed to a final 13.
The first — and possibly last — debate in the New York race for governor unfolded as 90 minutes of political theater verging on farce Monday night, with a format that allowed even cursory discussion of issues like taxes and schools to be interrupted by random one-liners and sometimes inexplicable answers.
