Sentence examples for were permitting from inspiring English sources
verb
To hand over, resign (something to someone).
She said that Premier was not at fault if certain hospitals were permitting health care workers to use these needles on patients.
Both Kennedy and Alito felt that what they were permitting was more limited than in that hypothetical — what they allowed was just what was traditional.
He took this action, he said, because some states were permitting marriages that were "abhorrent and repugnant," and he aimed to "exterminate now this debasing, ultrademoralizing, un-American and inhuman leprosy".
The crash in Latakia was a clear sign that Turkish officials had secretly relaxed that rule and were permitting the Pentagon to use their territory for operations in Syria.
New Jersey insurance regulators said yesterday that they were permitting the American International Group, the state's sixth-largest auto insurer, to increase its rates, and the insurance company said it was suspending its plans to shut down operations in the state.
Philip, perceiving that the people of Methonê were permitting their city to become a base of operations for his enemies, began a siege.
No ladies were permitted to….
No exceptions were permitted.
Mulligans were permitted, one per hole.
No cosmetics or jewelry were permitted.
Contemporary references were permitted, however.
