permissible - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • maximum: Normally, the maximum time permissible for the write up will be 3 months.
  • full: Other This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law.

Modifies a noun

  • donor: The effect of the " permissible donor " system is to prohibit overseas donations.
  • weight: The EU rules cover all vehicles over the 3.5 tons maximum permissible weight.
  • limit: The odor of diborane cannot be detected below the permissible exposure limit.
  • exposure: This will be the maximum permissible exposure measured inside any protective equipment.
  • speed: To enforce these speed limits; laws are passed making speeding an offense and signs are erected to indicate the maximum permissible speeds.
  • source: For whom the use of any embryos to produce stem cells is wrong these are the only permissible sources of stem cells.

Modifying Another Word

  • morally: No one is going to argue that we can be certain about what is morally permissible.
  • legally: They will also set out the limited circumstances in which brand sharing will be legally permissible.
  • perfectly: In case ( 1 ), abortion is perfectly permissible.
  • entirely: It is, therefore, entirely permissible for an African-Caribbean community organization to restrict its membership solely to those of African Caribbean descent.
  • therefore: It is therefore permissible for a course instructor to distribute multiple copies of extracts to all students enrolled on the course taught.

Noun used with modifier

  • extent: To the extent permissible by law all implied terms, whether by statute or otherwise, are excluded.

Infinitive complement

  • kill: Its topics vary from whether it is permissible to kill a tyrant to whether it is permissible to tell off-color jokes at dinner parties.

Used with adjective complement

  • consider: A certificate may also be granted for a proposed use that is considered permissible without the need to make a planning application for it.

Preposition: in

  • circumstance: Blanket consent for future research is only permissible in circumstances where anonymity of future data can be assured.

Preposition: under

  • law: Gift vouchers expire one year from the date of issue, where permissible under applicable law.
  • circumstance: We therefore have to decide whether such work is right, wrong or permissible under certain specified circumstances.

Preposition: by

  • law: These rights are the bare minimum permissible by law.

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