Sentence examples for permitted to be so from inspiring English sources

Under Constantine the face was not permitted to be so disfigured, so brands were placed on the hand, arm, or calf.

Ghostbusters riffed heavily on Kevin's hunky masculinity, with the Aussie lunk presented as the ultimate in eye candy, a young man who is only permitted to be so terrible at his job as the team's receptionist because he fills out a white T and jeans so nicely.

In a society silenced by censorship, music was a means of expression - not that it was permitted to be so.

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The phrase "gigantic silver screen" is uncharacteristically automatic: in a novel Updike would not have permitted himself to be so ordinary.

How is it possible our government permitted the public to be so unprotected from the vandals on Wall Street and at the banks?

One of the concurring justices, Potter Stewart, wrote that the Constitution could not "permit this unique penalty to be so wantonly and freakishly imposed".

Not many sitcoms would permit Sheldon's unpleasantness to be so emphatic, but CBS maintains a relatively hands-off approach to Lorre and his shows.

Obama officials, despite repeatedly boasting that they have delivered permanently crippling blows to al-Qaida, are now, as clearly as the English language permits, openly declaring this to be so.

This provided alternative proposals for the development of the organization and asked for Groups that wished to continue to follow Baden-Powell's original scheme to be permitted to do so.

"Should Andre, or any other BBL or WBBL player... wish to use a bat with a different colouring solution to the one used last night that doesn't result in the discolouration of the match ball, they will be permitted to do so subject to CA being satisfied that the bat won't compromise the integrity of the game," Everard said.