The phrase "allow a British" is not correct in standard written English as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It could be used in a context where you are discussing permissions or allowances related to a British person or entity, but it needs additional information to be clear.
Example: "We need to allow a British representative to speak at the conference."
Alternatives: "permit a British" or "grant a British".
We cannot allow a British company to behave like this".
In 1955, the American Federation of Musicians agreed to allow a British band to tour the US in exchange for one of their bands visiting here.
In January 1874 he negotiated the Pangkor agreement, by which the sultan of Perak, in return for British support against his rivals, agreed to allow a British resident to control his sultanate.
When you add in his measures to allow a British shale gas industry to flourish, with a general boost to jobs and reduced reliance on costly foreign imports, this was definitely a positive budget for business.
The EU will not allow a British city to become European capital of culture in 2023 after Brexit, dashing the hopes of Dundee, Leeds and others who were preparing bids costing hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The new documents show that in September 1984 foreign secretary Geoffrey Howe's private secretary, Peter Ricketts, wrote to David Barclay, private secretary to prime minister Margaret Thatcher about a request to allow a British company with SAS connections to work in Sri Lanka.
However, he also ran into controversy in 2007 for allowing a British Navy crew captured by Iran to sell their stories.
Four years earlier in Athens, shoddy baton passing by the American men had allowed a British relay team to pull off an upset, while the United States women were disqualified after a botched exchange.
However, even that may be preferable to the kind of conservative pessimism that allowed a British Tory government to stand idly by while Serbia set about the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia.
In the early 90's, Blue Note, the label that had helped popularize organ-heavy soul jazz in the 60's, shrewdly allowed a British acid jazz group, Us3, to sample its records freely.
So why allow a leading British university, with no interest in training good Communists, to set up and run a campus in the port city of Ningbo?
