The phrase "allowed the argument" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where someone permitted or accepted a particular line of reasoning or debate.
Example: "The judge allowed the argument presented by the defense, considering the new evidence that had emerged."
Alternatives: "permitted the argument" or "accepted the argument".
In an unusual move, Chief Justice Roberts allowed the argument to go 20 minutes longer than the usual hour.
Ms. Barnes said she drew her arguments from cases against pharmaceutical companies in which the courts allowed the argument that drug manufacturers could be sued as a group for negligence even though it was hard to trace whose products had caused harm to individuals.
As it happens, the couple, who are both in their mid-50s, already have an all-white house in the Hamptons (Casa Blanca, they call it), and the fact that they are often there or traveling has allowed the argument over the Riverdale town house to simmer for years.
Part of this protocol stems from human behavior: if a cull was not allowed, the argument goes, farmers and ranchers would take matters into their own hands, and kill wolves illegally.
It allowed the arguments for even more foolish courses of action to be aired and put aside.
Advocates of abortion rights said that even allowing the argument to be presented in court was appalling and dangerous.
By allowing the argument to proceed on Mr. Sharon's terms, Mr. Draper effectively gave Israel cover to let the Phalange fighters remain in the camps.
The trouble is that all this opportunistic, tactical game-playing allows the argument for a complete break to grow, perhaps to the point where it becomes irresistible.
It's a masterful story, pregnant with fluctuating interpretations and concealed motives, in which Constantine allows the argument to erupt out of nothing.
This then allows the argument to be made for opening up a market and promoting "innovation" in children's social services.
We must not allow the argument about Europe's economy to become a false and sterile debate between 'social' Europe and 'flexible' Europe.
