Sentence examples for allowed serious from inspiring English sources

His format, in which he interviewed one guest at a time without interruption, allowed serious discussion, and it attracted serious guests.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has been a vocal advocate, arguing that if ministers are responsible for their department's performance they should be allowed "serious choice over the people responsible" for that performance.

Indoor climbing walls helped spread the sport to areas without outdoor climbing, and allowed serious climbers to train year-round regardless of weather conditions.

California's oil regulatory agency concedes that it has allowed serious lapses in its monitoring of oil operations in the Los Angeles Basin, confirming long-standing fears of community activists who say that lax oversight puts Southern California neighborhoods at risk.

The theory is that bursts of extreme cold allow serious athletes to train harder.

Control orders allow serious restrictions to be placed on a person's movements and associations, without requiring a criminal conviction.

EBay also offers a separate service which allows serious traders to run a virtual "store".EBay's rivals have noticed this potentially lucrative market.

Yet his staging retains enough of the older choreography (by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in the 1890s and by Balanchine in the 1950s and 1960s) to allow serious artists to reillumine the old war horse.

The key questions at the talks are whether Kiir and his allies are committed to the radical change demanded by the latest peace deal, and whether fighting will ease enough to allow serious negotiations.

Divide and don't rule The lady's in a straitjacket The homeless governor Doing it at home No contest White out Old America v New Europe Reprints Related items Lexington: Democratic hopefulsJan 9th 2003 Lexington: After AlDec 19th 2002Some Democrats argue that the size of the field will allow "serious" candidates like Mr Lieberman to differentiate themselves from "fringe" figures like Mr Kucinich.

Mohamed ElBaradei appeared on the scene with demands for constitutional reforms that would allow serious contenders to run in the presidential elections next year and, even though he's not the charismatic saviour some hoped he would be, this bespectacled, man-of-the-law, Nobel-winning figure has provided many with a rallying point.