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It seems to me that if a number of reasonable persons agree that the specific edit in this case should be allowable, we ought to proceed.— Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
That's what the allowable is in the current contract.— CTV News RSS Feed
It was then allowable, as in our time it is, to speak of one who causes something to be done as doing that thing himself.— Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
I have only taken the liberty of expunging one phrase of his which would not be allowable--'Bless my heart!'— Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record
Consider what it was thou wast born (unless thou art deceiving thyself as well), and pursue that which is allowable, and love that which, as a woman, thou oughtst {to love}.— The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations

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