allow of something formal

I should not have allowed myself to become involved, of course.

They had allowed too much of themselves to slip into the book.

Here the facts are such as to allow of no other choice.

He would allow himself just five minutes of private enjoyment.

It is a fair question, and allows of more than one answer.

She had not allowed very many of them to come within arm's length, as it were.

Perhaps that program is flexible enough to allow of changes, but there's no way we can tell.

Open a data set which allows the look up of the following information by post code.

He is a man in a life that allows of no privacy at all.

And now let us see if the supreme power allows of any further division.