Sentence examples for making an allowance from inspiring English sources

Making an allowance for a teenager's high tolerance for sweets and carbohydrates, his mother, Ellen Mulkerin, cut in.

They estimated trading costs by looking at changes in portfolio holdings (which are revealed every quarter), checking the bid-ask spreads for the stocks concerned and making an allowance for the price impact of trades.Relying on portfolio-turnover statistics is not sufficient.

But the government softened that rule about 20 years ago in order to attract top talent to government jobs by making an allowance that protects appointees from getting hit with an enormous tax bill for selling off securities.

Making an allowance for age reduced the proportion of the highest priority from 32.9% to 25.8% and increased the proportion of lowest priority category from 49.5% to 55.5%.

They ought to make an allowance for another history.

If he'd been scared by something, I might have made an allowance.

Serious investors, he says, may make an allowance for extra security, but will be largely undeterred.

First, we should make an allowance for Mr. Barker, who recently injured his arm.

Should scientists just ignore all of this or make an allowance for it?

They decided to make an allowance for a couple of longer entries that spoke to the universal condition of the overly demanding boss: "I may need you a week from today, keep it open.

In our response to the public health white paper we have cautioned against the application of a funding formula that rewards authorities for improvement in the health of local people but doesn't make an allowance for those authorities that are serving people in greatest need and poorest health and living in areas where improvements are harder to achieve.