The phrase "allows shrinking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something enables or permits the reduction in size or volume of an object or concept.
Example: "The new software feature allows shrinking of the image without losing quality."
Alternatives: "permits reduction" or "enables resizing".
(If technology allows shrink your stamp to size and create a full sheet of stamps).
Using a different transformer for each phase allowed shrinking the weight of the transformer from about 400,000 pounds for a single one to roughly 125,000 pounds for each of the three-phase units.
However, previous results only focus on enlarged patterns, and do not allow shrunk patterns since they may disappear.
Hard choices have been made in the past — the once-powerful American steel industry was allowed to shrink to a shadow of its former self.
Over the years, however, these precautionary inventories were allowed to shrink, mainly because everyone came to believe that countries suffering crop failures could always import the food they needed.
Although the economy seems to be recovering strongly, Mr. Wien said he believed that much of the growth was coming as manufacturers rebuilt inventories that they had allowed to shrink during last year's recession.
Mr. Romney argued that the Navy and Air Force has been allowed to shrink too far; Mr. Obama sarcastically responded that the military also had fewer horses and bayonets than in decades past.
The political maneuverings over the budget and the bond act must not be allowed to shrink the present land-acquisition allotment so much that an environmentally enthusiastic public will come to look on the Environmental Quality Bond Act of 1990 as a fraud.
Will Europe really be allowed to shrink in size, or will other more fertile societies and cultures take the place of the current inhabitants?
