The phrase "allow a pause" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting that someone take a moment of silence or a break in conversation or action.
Example: "During the presentation, it is important to allow a pause for the audience to absorb the information."
Alternatives: "permit a break" or "give a moment".
A long mourning period, perhaps six months or more, will allow a pause in the political dogfight.
The men's humour and humanity are enticing; Bausch knows when to keep up the tension, push towards hurt, and when to change tack, allow a pause, a respite.
Assume that, if need be, the EU would allow a pause in the article 50 process for us to hold a second vote.
Senator Catharine Young, a Republican and chairwoman of the Finance Committee, described the idea of different rates for different regions as "very helpful," adding that initially limiting the rate to $12.50 upstate would allow "a pause, for study," after five years.
If after three days of balloting nobody has gained the two-thirds majority, voting is suspended for a maximum of one day to allow a pause for prayer, informal discussion and what is described as "a brief spiritual exhortation" by the senior cardinal in the Order of Deacons.
For those viewers that allow a pause in the action, their art has the capacity to slow the eye and the mind to a pace and rhythm akin to contemplation or meditation.
Leaving the chamber, I am handed speedily from doorkeeper to policeman to doorkeeper and back again until ejected into St Stephen's Hall, where I am at last allowed a pause.
Mr. Massari said the idea of allowing a pause in military operations in areas "where the humanitarian situation is today particularly difficult" had been discussed at a meeting in Cairo attended by representatives of the United Nations, the European Union, the African Union and the Arab League.
Equally rare is his ability to trust his audience's intelligence without the need to explain his references – there's a wonderful example of this when he asks, outraged, "Do I look like a racist?", and allows a pause to unfold while it slowly dawns on us that he is dressed exactly like a Blackshirt.
After allowing a pause for people to dab the tears from their eyes, he concluded, "Everything we do in life is art".
I would allow a short pause and then answer "Tara" for her.
