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Discover LudwigThe phrase "allow to buy" is not correct in English as it lacks a subject and an object.
It can be used in contexts where permission is granted, but it needs to be rephrased for clarity.
Example: "The manager will allow us to buy new equipment for the office."
Alternatives: "permit to purchase" or "authorize to buy".
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Vietnam could also be among the countries that Japan would allow to buy its submarines, according to a former defense minister, Toshimi Kitazawa, who named Australia and Malaysia as other possible buyers.
(2) negotiate our leaving the EU; after that we could impose any conditions we wanted, including the requirement that the "limited" banks must be headquartered in the UK (so if HSBC and/or Barclays decided to relocate they would have to sell their UK retail operations, for whatever they were offered by whomsoever the UK Government would allow to buy such banks ).
Some small restaurants will soon be allow to buy beer at cheaper prices thanks to last week's changes.
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The World Food Program was never allowed to buy food in advance.
Drivers will be allowed to buy gasoline every other day.
(Even foreigners aren't allowed to buy trees for Christmas).
Retail investors will not be allowed to buy the shares.
Some investors are allowed to buy only investment-grade securities.
Tell your husband he's allowed to buy an HDTV".
However, we weren't allowed to buy a crater.
Worldwide should not have been allowed to buy Lonely Planet.
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