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The phrase "allow to retain" is not correct in English as it is missing a subject or object.
You can use it in contexts where you want to express permission for someone or something to keep or hold onto something, but it needs to be rephrased for clarity.
Example: "The policy will allow employees to retain their benefits after retirement."
Alternatives: "permit to keep" or "authorize to hold".
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As a result, individual investors will demand that their shares not be lent out at dividend time -- something that brokerage firms probably would have to allow to retain customers.
Second, the low rates of identification (by patient and bilaterally), as well as the high rate of false negative, do not allow to retain this technique as reliable for LACC.
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He insisted that "under no circumstances" would North Korea be allowed to retain possession of nuclear weapons.
No one should be allowed to retain associate status for more than three years.
He is allowed to retain his dignity because of protocol and tradition.
Municipalities were allowed to retain some of the taxes they collected on the centre's behalf.
After a public outcry and the prime minister's intervention, Ms. Hirsi Ali was allowed to retain her passport.
He was allowed to retain his Citibank telephone number and was given a letter of reference by Citibank.
Corporate taxes would also fall, and shareholders would be allowed to retain a larger part of their capital gains.
The immediate victor was CBS's owner, Viacom, which will be allowed to retain its stake in the UPN network.
Farmers were also allowed to retain 30% of a new quota on production a much bigger share than before.
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