"If you begin to allow certain goods to come through, then that essentially frees up Hamas to bring in items of concern in greater quantities.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Amal Hamada, a political science professor at Cairo University, says even if the government were to allow them the opportunity, it would likely not amount to much.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

(SAYING) But Ochoa admits that continued oil revenues, even if insufficient to cover mounting government expenditures, will allow President Chavez to put off, any day of reckoning that may loom ahead.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

At the ASEAN summit in October, Burma's prime minister indicated they could lift some restrictions against the detained Nobel prize winner and allow her to play a role in the country's political reconciliation if she behaves.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02