The phrase "allowed us to filter" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the capability or permission to sort or refine information or data in a specific context.
Example: "The new software update allowed us to filter the data more efficiently, making our analysis much quicker."
Alternatives: "enabled us to sift" or "permitted us to refine".
Accordingly, we used six criteria of adequate definitions which allowed us to filter the various components encountered in the literature.
Four hundred near full-length genomes from subtype B HIV-1 were initially used to construct a maximum likelihood tree, which allowed us to filter sequences for further analysis (tree not shown).
The clinic's computerized medical record system allowed us to filter out all patients who did not fulfill eligibility criteria.
The Sanger read analysis allowed us to filter redundant hits or those with high similarity with already-characterized proteins or with absolute nucleotide identities with known genomes.
Comparing Sox9 controlled gene expression with Bapx1 target genes allowed us to filter for chondrogenic genes, as Bapx1 is naturally absent in the neural tube.
This has allowed us to filter our gene expression data to identify genes whose transcriptional response to Selenium is similar across species, and by so doing focus our discovery process on specific common physiologic pathways.
Identifying the candidate trees using the inverted index allows us to filter a large fraction of the database trees from further consideration, significantly accelerating the query processing.
This ability seems to carry with it certain cultural assumptions — that everything that can be measured should be measured; that data is a transparent and reliable lens that allows us to filter out emotionalism and ideology; that data will help us do remarkable things — like foretell the future.
Create "AND" functionality and allow us to filter by multiple keywords.
Most of the time that is a good thing – it allows us to filter out all but the most important features of the world around us.
Having a decision rule that is learned on the reported attacker would allow us to filter the database and automatically classify users as attackers or genuine users.
