Sentence examples for were actually allowed to from inspiring English sources

I wish it was one problem we were actually allowed to tackle.

You hear some people being inarticulate in a hood, but very few people were actually allowed to speak".

Treat it as a period piece, from the distant days when politicians were actually allowed to behave this badly.

We were actually allowed to drink wine as youngsters while the rest of the country at the time was rather puritanical.

Or race, particularly when, if belatedly and begrudgingly, baseball diamonds, track-and-field stadiums and boxing rings were among the few places where people of color were actually allowed to win.

(Later, I consulted my copy of Escoffier. I admit that my copy was not the 1903 edition. It was the 1921 edition. I found the offending puff-pastry recipe. But: according to the 1921 Escoffier, you were actually allowed to make your coulibiac with either puff or brioche).

Less and less waste, these days, is actually allowed to go to waste.

"And she's actually allowed to have some salt, within normal limits.

Weeks later, Lord was actually allowed to step foot in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

And Portugal, which is trying to catch up to its wealthier neighbors, is actually allowed to increase its emissions.

"You mean you're actually allowed to be nice to yourself, to have compassion for yourself when you mess up or are going through a really hard time?