Sentence examples for hardly allowed from inspiring English sources

It is a question that consumes many foreign experts and diplomats but one that the Chinese themselves are hardly allowed to discuss.

Beijing has hardly allowed the currency to budge against the dollar over the last two years as it has tried to promote its exports during the global economic and financial crisis.

Many people I encountered were amazed at the way Johnson hardly allowed that seasoned Today interviewer, John Humphrys, to get a word in edgeways, but in my view Humphrys was cleverly allowing Johnson, who sounded increasingly preposterous, to hang himself.

I panicked because one of the outfits was so tight it hardly allowed me to walk on the legs, but she calmed me down and we found a way I could move.

This refers to the now default state of affairs in which children are hardly allowed into the natural world at all, and when they are, only under strict supervision.

Falling back on the attitudes of a "poor little woman" only when it suited her, Emma Hornett, in fact, hardly allowed the menfolk in her menage to get a word in edgeways.

A responsible stimulus blogger can hardly allow this to pass.

It hardly allows for recuperation before the next game.

It seems that the uncertainties of the experiments hardly allow such analyses.

Being a big-time activist-investor, Ackman could hardly allow Ullman to remain at the helm.

So prosecutors could hardly allow a comment like Mr. Peace's to pass with a simple retraction and apology.