The phrase "allowed a modicum of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a small or limited amount of something is permitted or granted.
Example: "The committee allowed a modicum of flexibility in the project deadlines to accommodate unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "permitted a small amount of" or "granted a little bit of".
Nonetheless, I have developed a strategy that allows a modicum of stability.
Mr Xi's eventual grip on power is by no means assured.For years China's Communist Party has mulled over the idea of allowing a modicum of open competition for its top job.
Instead, he chose another role: that of a witness to his own torture, a survivor with a proposal to make brutality against inmates in Uzbekistan less common, and to allow a modicum of dignity to a government that wants respect.
Every now and then it has suited the country's leaders to relax their steely grip on the country and allow a modicum of political liberty.Freer criticism in the media has helped give the party a veneer of credibility.
They point to some recent movement: occasional consultations with the public over the drafting of laws, a bit more openness about government budgets, and experiments with reform inside the party itself to allow a modicum of democracy in the selection of lowest-tier party officials.
Kádár managed to convince the Soviet Union to withdraw its troops and allow Hungary a modicum of internal independence after quelling a popular revolt in his country.
A free-range system is engineered in part to achieve a producer's market-driven goal: protecting his squealing investments from nature's most obvious threats while allowing them a modicum of muscle-enhancing movement.
The third metatarsal has no clear condyles at its lower end, resulting in a more flexible joint, allowing for a modicum of horizontal movement.
He's a casualty of labor's decline wondering if the ever-narrower path he's navigating will allow him a modicum of dignity, or point him toward another exit that means starting over.
