Sentence examples for were permissible from inspiring English sources

In interviews with WorldCom investigators, Mr. Sullivan maintained that he believed such transfers were permissible.

Their activities were permissible under their universities' conflict-of-interest rules.

The commission said English-only rules were permissible only when justified by business necessity.

Clearly segregated schools were permissible even after the 14th amendment passed after the Civil War.

Mr. Obama's executive order eliminated any uncertainty about whether coercive methods were permissible.

But even if they were permissible military procedures, I deny that it follows that they are constitutional.

"We correctly concluded at the time that the actions were permissible under the profession's rules and that they were commonplace.

She added, however, that around 75percentt of the 15 million euros in state subsidies received by Ryanair were permissible.

(In other words, outrageous acts of personal abuse done for the purpose of gathering intelligence were permissible).

But if the hijackers used small blades that were permissible to carry on, why blame the screeners?

Pursuing film as a vocation risked "consuming the house" – but documentaries were permissible, since they told the "truth".