The phrase "allow it to retain" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the ability of something to keep or hold onto a particular quality, characteristic, or item.
Example: "The new software update will allow it to retain user preferences even after a system reboot."
Alternatives: "enable it to keep" or "permit it to hold onto".
But Motorola was not investing as it should have been in software integration systems that would allow it to retain its role as the system provider of choice.
Saturn, the small-car unit of the General Motors Corporation, plans to create a holding company that would allow it to retain control of some of its dealerships and avoid legal problems where auto makers are barred from owning their own stores.
For the military, the deal would allow it to retain unfettered authority at least until late June.
According to the Guardian, the agency's policies also allow it to retain domestic communications if they are encrypted.
More broadly, should the fire department, which had traditionally avoided job classification and specialization, move to devise job categories which might allow it to retain women as they aged?
It lacks the bargaining power to secure a deal that would allow it to retain control, yet it is unwilling to give up a unit that has always been considered part of its heritage.
All of the gravy is reabsorbed by the meat, intensifying its flavor and allowing it to retain its structural integrity.
In 1904, it entered into an affiliation agreement with Columbia College Columbia Universityy after 1912), which allowed it to retain its corporate and financial independence while issuing its degrees under Columbia's name.
Astana, the team of Lance Armstrong, has provided financial guarantees to the International Cycling Union allowing it to retain its license, the sport's governing body said.
AT&T's global fiber network has allowed it to retain its biggest corporate customers, but smaller businesses could be enticed to leave with cheaper offers from other long-distance companies.
The flotation of its investment vehicle confers the legitimacy of market scrutiny on La Caixa as it ventures abroad while allowing it to retain its special status at home.
