The phrase "allow something as" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when granting permission or acceptance for something to be considered in a certain way or category.
Example: "The committee decided to allow the proposal as a valid option for funding."
Alternatives: "permit something as" or "accept something as".
So why allow something as powerful as CRISPR to be used in a community lab?
In her words, 'It's just awesome.' It is our hope that Teresa's death will cause a re-examination of the badly broken system of justice that could allow something as wrong and unjust as this to happen".
We can only allow something as a constituent of a complex expression if it has a sense we recognize.
I'm always fascinated by the kind of solutions that you get when you allow something as open-ended as evolution to tackle a problem.
According to this line of thought, if we allow something as abominable as the legal formalization of gay relationships, then what's to stop people from marrying a thousand concubines or eating babies or pooping wherever they want.
Newtown is not what's wrong with American gun policy; but American gun policy is what allows something as wrong as Newtown to happen.
That's a pretty general statement, but he also suggested they wouldn't go so far as to allow something like Facebook's Chat Heads to become a system-wide feature.
Going on to allow something like a marathon would have showed spirit as well.
Is that rather unusual as a way for an agency head to come up with a decision in this state, to just come up with something within a few hours as to whether to allow something or not allow something.
Such dishonesty shouldn't be allowed for something as important as our presidential election.
Allowing something is not the same as saying it should happen, he says.
