The phrase "allow something to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing permission or enabling something to happen.
Example: "The new policy will allow employees to work from home two days a week."
Alternatives: "permit something to" or "enable something to".
It was just bad judgment on my part to allow something to take place that's never taken place before".
German lawmaker Horst Schnellhardt, concerned about the health risks, prefers a definition that would allow something to be called "absinthe" even if it contains no thujone at all.
It is about attempting to prevent a sharp turn for the worse, and if necessary to allow something to be salvaged in a post-Trump era.
"The president now was chosen by the people, so I think it gives us a better reputation if we at least allow something to be done," Horn said.
Andy Deane, a Delta pilot, said in a telephone interview that "there is a presumption on my part that male passengers will not sit in their seats and just allow something to happen and be passive about it".
… And when you explain a why, you have to be in some framework that you allow something to be true.
"Boris has allowed something to evolve, which is not uninteresting," she said.
Another is that having the story be told from the point of view of the boy allows something to come out of the suffering.
"Hopefully, the best part of us allows something to live without us, even if the worst part of us wants it not to live without us," Wolfe told me.
He at least had the foresight to film an ending that allowed something to be pieced together and rescued, and it's good that it was; the movie is a patchwork masterpiece.
On the software side, the user "opts-in" and allows something to be sent to them.
