Sentence examples for were only permitted from inspiring English sources
The public and the news media were only permitted to listen to his testimony from a separate room.
Mo Shaoping, another leading advocate, said that detention houses were only permitted to deny access to lawyers if the case involved national security, corruption, or organised crime.
That was because the two Labor members for the territories were only permitted to vote on matters that affected the ACT and NT.
Relatives were only permitted to see the jailed scholar for 20 minutes every three months, with discussion of political issues and prison conditions forbidden.
In the two decades that followed the revolution in 1949, China's theatre groups were only permitted to stage government-approved plays written by the likes of Ibsen and Chekhov.
When the Japanese first march into town for instance, Hutton, supposedly a spectator, observes that: "They were only permitted to drink once a day while marching and their clothes were practical for the jungle terrain through which they had to travel".
We are only permitted a glimpse, but that is enough.
They are only permitted to sing while accompanied by male singers.
Mr. Fischel was only permitted to testify to the facts of Mr. Nacchio's stock dealings.
On some occasions the inspection of papers was only permitted under armed guard.
Restrictions will remain against rallies and processions, which are only permitted in proscribed places.
