However we realise that in practice businesses with such a policy often tolerate a small amount of private calls.

He does not try very hard to scratch old scabs and tolerates a fair amount of hot air.

The kittens tolerate a certain amount of this before deciding that enough is enough.

All systems can tolerate a certain amount of harmonics.

Some criticism has been aimed at banks, which tolerate a certain amount of fraud as a cost of doing business.

Each species can tolerate only a certain amount of salt.

Possibly we will simply tolerate a certain amount of non-enforcement.

But best of all, bay tolerates an astonishing amount of abuse.

And not by making the cars run faster - people can tolerate only a certain amount of acceleration.

"He has to tolerate a certain amount of activity to maintain control," one official said.