Sentence examples for allowed to detract from inspiring English sources

A spokeswoman for the organisers said: "The action of under 1% of the crowd should not be allowed to detract from a very successful weekend".

White asparagus, raw and cooked, and truffled potato purée aren't allowed to detract from the impression made by that stunning skin.

The deflation was clear, though it should not be allowed to detract for long from the obvious progress made since Strachan took up the reins.

For now at least, those money worries – serious as they are – should not be allowed to detract from a domestic competition that looks as strong as it has in many years.

But that shouldn't be allowed to detract from his argument, which demands a more serious response than the jibes it has received from the Stanford economist John Taylor and other conservatives.

Ulysses' Homecoming, meanwhile, is given a staging of extraordinary beauty and simplicity by James Conway, in which little is allowed to detract from the narrative and characters or the emotional immediacy of the score.

"I can't allow anything to detract from where we want to go.

"I wasn't allowed to look up at the blue sky because it would detract from prayer," Sister Cecelia said.

Waksal urged investors not to allow his actions to detract from the company, now run by his brother.

Odierno said all such cases are taken seriously, but argued that "we can't allow a few to detract from the honorable service of many".

He went on to congratulate Federer and thank his family, support team and the fans, and admitted later that he had apologised to the Swiss for allowing his emotions to detract from the result.