Sentence examples for were permitted to serve from inspiring English sources

Last year, female sailors were permitted to serve aboard submarines.

They were permitted to serve openly in the military, and to have their sex change recognized on identity documents.

As for the Democrats, Mark Green said he, too, would acquiesce, but only if he were permitted to serve a full four-year term if elected.

"Only 17 years ago, LGBT people were permitted to serve in our armed forces," McDonald wrote.

Elderly prisoners there are permitted to serve prison terms at home.

Women have been permitted to serve in the regular Coast Guard since 1973.

It was two years before she was permitted to serve her sushi to customers.

Under San Francisco law, mayors are permitted to serve only two terms.

Senators, who are permitted to serve two four-year terms, would have been permitted an additional four-year term.

The governor is elected to a term of four years and is permitted to serve no more than two consecutive terms.

In 1993, most Americans thought that open homosexuals shouldn't be permitted to serve in the military; now three-quarters think that they should.