Sentence examples for could not permit this from inspiring English sources
I could not permit this: if he converted, marrying him would no longer be an act of transgression, and so what would be the point?
One of the concurring justices, Potter Stewart, wrote that the Constitution could not "permit this unique penalty to be so wantonly and freakishly imposed".
Attorney General Torres felt that he could not permit this to happen under his watch and proposed to hire a special prosecutor, because he was an appointee of the governor and it would have been a conflict of interest for him to prosecute his boss.
Yet the social worker said they could not permit this and risk drama.
It was to adhere to the act that Bureau of Reclamation, which has provided irrigation water to farmers in this basin since 1907, decided this year that it could not permit the farmers any water at all, so that the endangered suckerfish and the threatened coho salmon could be guaranteed the maximum amount.
The White House called Hunter, and Ms. Halpern said later Tuesday it could not permit the class observation.
Based on the legislative history, we could not permit the union to bring a federal suit if we characterized its complaint as alleging that petitioners violated § 13(c) itself by virtue of the alleged contractual breaches.
She could not permit herself any nostalgia as she warmed up below signs honoring John Riggins and Joe Cronin.
But inevitably, perhaps, the communist-run government could not permit such an innovation without tightly prescribing its use.
