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1 But the matter was too grave to permit of the slightest risk.
2 But the general enthusiasm was too tremendous to permit of individual protestations.
3 Time enough has passed to permit of her mixing again in society.
4 Withal, he is silent; his passion too intense to permit of speech.
5 The night was too bad to permit of any save emergency traveling.
6 The solution is logical, then, and will permit of obtaining excellent negatives.
7 His nerves had been tried too hard to permit of easy sleep.
8 She would not permit of this occurrence if she were at home.
9 Unfortunately, however, his business arrangements will not permit of a long stay.
10 Her own feelings were too mixed in the matter to permit of analysis.
11 He has preached it in a language that will not permit of indifference.
12 The wearisome work on which I was engaged would not permit of them.
13 The likeness of feature was too well-defined to permit of any lesser relation.
14 Destination does not permit of losing sight of the end which is proposed.
15 A business footing does not permit of the familiarity of embraces between partners.
16 The prize was too important to permit of his accepting defeat so easily.
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