The phrase "allowed to be less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or acceptance of a lower standard or quantity is being discussed.
Example: "In this project, team members are allowed to be less than perfect, as we prioritize learning over immediate results."
Alternatives: "permitted to be less" or "allowed to fall short".
Yet one of the main differences between Bond in books and on film is that, on the page, Bond is allowed to be less assured, more vulnerable.
Vice-Presidents are allowed to be less polite than Presidents by some reckonings, being the one who attacks is part of the job and yet there are two Vice-Presidential debates that are telling in this regard.
Vice-Presidents are allowed to be less polite than Presidents — by some reckonings, being the one who attacks is part of the job — and yet there are two Vice-Presidential debates that are telling in this regard.
Moreover, the ratio of the injected fluids is not technically allowed to be less than a certain value, hence the relative permeability at low saturations cannot be measured.
First, new reservoir operating rules were adopted to direct e-flow and human water provision, in which the e-flows were allowed to be less than the regulated e-flows following natural flow recession.
Three days after the Birmingham bombings in 1974, the Guardian ran an editorial with the headline "Those Who Harbour Terrorists", arguing that the police should be allowed to be "less fastidious in its enquiries among those suspected of guilty knowledge".
Like on the kickoff he returned 27 yards late in the fourth quarter, providing field position that allowed Pittsburgh to be less conservative in its play-calling, to better protect a 24-19 lead.
Farrar has characterized the songwriting process for this album as easier than his typical work composing new lyrics as it allowed him to be less self-conscious.
However, as presented in the methods section, we performed a rigid process of consistency checking which allowed data to be less prone to subjectivity among different investigators.
Nielsen and Yang (2003) explicitly did not allow residues to be less or more favored at different locations, allowing changes only in the overall substitution rates; all substitutions are allowed at all but perfectly conserved locations.
That distance allows sports to be less "of a profession than a passion," he said.
