He treated people as grown-ups, and made allowances for the fact that Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff needed to be given attacking licence.

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Neither made allowances in their calendar for the World Cup, which started slightly earlier this time in a failed attempt to defeat Asia's rainy season.

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The researchers said these risks could be reduced if teachers and schools made greater allowances for the youngest class members.

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Nearly a quarter of Mr Kavanagh's overall package is made up of allowances.

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This was true even when allowances were made for individual memory differences.

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Scotland and Wales have already made similar changes and England has completely scrapped the allowances.

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The Liberal Democrats had made much in the election of their plan to raise allowances to take more people out of income tax.

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First year investment allowances for small firms - announced in July 1997 Budget, extended March 1998 Budget, now made permanent.

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