noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
apply for...permission
▪ We need to apply for planning permission to build a garage.
ask for permission
▪ The two men entered without bothering to ask for permission.
gave...permission
▪ He finally gave us permission to leave.
granted...permission
▪ The council have granted him permission to build on the site.
planning permission
prior approval/consent/permission
▪ A sale of the factory will need the prior approval of shareholders.
seek permission
▪ They are seeking permission to build 200 new houses.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
given
▪ Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley has now given council chiefs permission for him to be held in a secure unit.
▪ Only VIPs and foreign diplomatic missions are given permission to utilise such dishes.
▪ In one concession by the government on Dec. 28, it was given permission to publish its own newspaper, Rilindja Demokratika.
▪ David Ashford, who's a teacher, had even been given permission to take twelve weeks off work.
▪ It's the first time students have been given permission to broadcast outside a campus.
▪ He said the management at the site hadn't given permission for welding on the oil tank.
▪ Russell Ferrante has been given permission by the High Court to ask for a second inquest into his son's death.
kind
▪ Used by kind permission of Music Sales.
▪ Reproduced by kind permission of Churchill Livingstone.
▪ Reproduced by kind permission of Warner Chappell/IMP.
▪ With her erstwhile host's kind permission, she reminded herself bitterly.
refused
▪ Owner Fred Davies is challenging the council after being refused permission to convert the ailing hotel into a nursing home.
▪ The committee agreed to his recommendation and refused planning permission.
▪ An asylum-seeker, once in a job, may be harder to oust, even if refused permission to stay.
▪ The survey also provided information as to the types of development most likely to be refused planning permission due to anticipated odour emission.
▪ In the first the press is expressly refused permission to print the name of the raped woman.
▪ And they were refused permission to visit any of the sick children.
▪ There were other reports that judges had been refused permission to appear on television in the early 1980s.
special
▪ London Crusaders have been given special permission to field five overseas players per game in the new season.
▪ When I was transferred to another engineering division, I asked special permission for that sergeant to go with me.
▪ Due to its sheer weight it can only be used at the Centre by special permission of the Department of Transport.
▪ As in any genuine community, special permission is not required to utilize all the school has to offer.
▪ I had special permission to be in the gallery.
▪ Sean got special permission from the police to save the cake.
▪ But special permission has now been granted to bring the ostriches to a safe country where they can be farmed intensively.
▪ My husband had to get special permission to marry me.
written
▪ In fact, he says he needs written permission a week in advance before delivery lorries can get to his home.
▪ Since only one card was available it was agreed that others could obtain goods with written permission from the holder. 3.
▪ We will also pay any expenses you have our written permission to claim.
▪ He said that written permission would still be required for marches.
▪ All Autocar &038; Motor test results are subject to world copyright and may not be reproduced without the editor's written permission.
▪ Dawn's parents had to give their written permission for the transfer, which added to their anxieties about the situation.
▪ If a girl had two parents still at home, she had to get written permission from both of them before performing.
■ NOUN
planning
▪ There is no question but that they granted planning permission for Killingholme.
▪ And as it's not flying on a vertical pole, it needs planning permission.
▪ It's being sold with planning permission to turn it into a hundred and twenty bed hotel.
▪ Later that month a meeting of Ovens residents decided to appeal formally against the planning permission.
▪ Some three months later An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for the dump, subject to 18 conditions.
▪ The committee agreed to his recommendation and refused planning permission.
▪ So he plastered on pink paint - but forgot to get planning permission first.
▪ Tesco may not be able to get planning permission for any more stores.
■ VERB
apply
▪ A developer could go ahead without applying for planning permission, or could even ignore a refusal of permission.
▪ The owner of a sterile racehorse named Cigar said he would apply for permission to replicate the beast.
▪ It also applied for planning permission to dump at another site it owned at Barnahely, Ringaskiddy.
▪ Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours.
▪ The Fowlers claim just 3 weeks after he bought the property, Mr Mackarness had applied for planning permission.
▪ This would require farmers to apply for planning permission as is the case with other commercial or industrial developments.
▪ The final decision on where to apply for planning permission to build is certain to be taken on political grounds.
ask
▪ MI5 had never asked for permission to have a stall.
▪ That year, when I was four, I asked permission to escape the suffocating confines of our darkened apartment.
▪ Not until Monday this week did the party ask his permission to make the donation public.
▪ I always asked his permission before taking a place next to him on the divan.
▪ Had it been a different matter I would of course have asked your permission.
▪ He asked my permission to use new rope because we were desperately short of traditional rope.
▪ Dare he risk inviting them and asking Mister Tom's permission?
▪ The stranger asked permission to approach the caliph, who granted it and invited him to be seated.
build
▪ The final decision on where to apply for planning permission to build is certain to be taken on political grounds.
▪ When that proved promising, Czarnowski got permission to build and test the 12-foot version.
▪ Conder Projects has planning permission to build a three-storey office on part of Russell Street long stay car park.
▪ You need permission to build parking space for a commercial vehicle.
▪ Later that month the Ministry of Development gave general permission to build.
▪ Unofficial reports said that the incident might have been sparked off by a dispute over permission to build a mosque.
▪ Bellway Homes has applied for permission to build 28 detached houses on 7.6 acres at Guisborough Road.
▪ When they applied to Stroud District Council for permission to build a house, they were turned down flat.
deny
▪ When councillors finally meet tomorrow to consider the proposal their officers will urge them to deny permission.
enter
▪ The applicant sought permission to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor for one week.
▪ Sixo discovered it on one of his night creeps, and asked its permission to enter.
▪ Ari and Nathan hung around in the doorway until they looked up, feeling they needed permission to enter.
gain
▪ A promising approach is to require the information-gatherer to gain permission for subsequent use.
get
▪ Finally, there may be costs incurred by would-be developers who attempt to produce capital gains by getting planning permission.
▪ He got permission to fly home to Detroit for a look-see at his troubled right ankle.
▪ When that proved promising, Czarnowski got permission to build and test the 12-foot version.
▪ Landlord John Gardner painted the front of the listed building without getting planning permission first.
▪ How can an individual get permission to photocopy or videotape in cases where there is no fair use exception?
▪ I never knew his name; if I wanted to quote him by name, I would have to get permission.
▪ Christoffers was under orders to produce one like it but could not get permission from the owner to copy the original.
give
▪ The authorities for the first time gave permission for an opposition demonstration on March 7.
▪ I have asked for, and been given, his permission to share it.
▪ A council has been asked to give permission for the development in return for money for recreational facilities.
▪ Boy Scouts had been given permission every year.
▪ The defendant gave permission to an uninsured driver to use his vehicle.
▪ He calls every day, Mrs Grey gives permission readily, and Agnes marries him.
▪ The High Court has now given his father permission to ask the Attorney General for a second inquest.
▪ Pluto gave him permission provided Hercules used no weapons to overcome him.
grant
▪ There is no question but that they granted planning permission for Killingholme.
▪ Also, Saints owner Thomas Benson has said he would not grant any other team permission to talk to Mora.
▪ Some three months later An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for the dump, subject to 18 conditions.
▪ The city is behind the project, granting permission to block off Congress between Herbert and Fifth avenues.
▪ Council must take the guidelines into account when deciding whether to grant planning permission for new developments.
▪ Sandi squirmed at her seat, unwilling to go, unless she could be granted a smiling permission.
▪ Gwynedd County Council yesterday voted by 35 to 19 to grant the firm temporary permission for Sunday working at its tarmacadam plant.
▪ The appeal court granted permission last December for those points to be argued on appeal.
leave
▪ He asked permission to leave it for her the following day.
▪ When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises.
▪ So I went to ask Mr Rochester's permission to leave Thornfield for a while.
▪ He would not know what to do if her eyes told him to stay when Buddie had given him permission to leave.
need
▪ And as it's not flying on a vertical pole, it needs planning permission.
▪ But all children need permission to be independent; some need more encouragement than others.
▪ In fact, he says he needs written permission a week in advance before delivery lorries can get to his home.
▪ No one seemed to need permission.
▪ However, if you're not sure whether you need planning permission or Buildings Regulations approval, talk to your local authority.
▪ They said they needed permission to do everything, even to take an aspirin.
▪ Wherever you go you need permission in writing from whoever has the right to grant it.
obtain
▪ Immediately after Christmas he obtained permission to return to Aquitaine and we next hear of him once again at war with Geoffrey.
▪ The editor then began a long and frustrating effort to obtain permission.
▪ We had gone to the Council Offices to obtain permission for him to take it with him.
▪ Lawsuits were filed seeking to require districts to obtain parental permission before students are tested.
▪ The social worker should interview the client first, and obtain permission to contact other people.
▪ One local priest has endured arrest and gone to court to obtain permission to conduct his sacrifices in public.
▪ It had taken a full day for Merymose to obtain permission for Huy to visit the embalmer.
▪ The women could obtain permission from the agent to purchase the knives they needed for housework and tanning.
plan
▪ Councillors complained that the full council should have been consulted before planning permission was given.
▪ Moreover, a further 5,600ha was covered by planning permission for such development21.
▪ There may well have been planning permission for the activities in question in those cases.
▪ However, planning permission is required, and legislation is tightening its grip on mast sites.
▪ The Department of the Environment produces free booklets on planning permission, enforcement, appeals and compulsory purchase.
▪ There is planning permission for a restaurant on the ground floor.
▪ The Corporation of London granted planning permission for the scheme in July.
▪ At present there is planning permission to chop it into three, and garage eight cars.
receive
▪ Ollokot had expected to meet Howard and receive his permission to settle on the Umatilla Agency rather than Lapwai.
▪ Accounts by military and civilian air-traffic officials agreed the commercial airliner had received proper permission to traverse the zone.
▪ An Indoor Leisure Complex and an hotel which could be sited in the urban area are unlikely to receive planning permission.
▪ Five air force bases received permission to manage their own construction, rather than paying the Corps of Engineers to do it.
▪ Yet he received permission to shoot this cinematic indictment entirely on location.
refuse
▪ Had he refused her permission to marry?
▪ However, one month after this deadline Judge Gilbert Thiel in Nancy refused permission for the objects to leave the city.
▪ He faced up to the notorious Chelsea Boot Boys with an electrified fence but was refused permission to switch it on.
▪ Members of the economic development and planning subcommittee voted to refuse planning permission after a site visit yesterday.
▪ The reasons for the Council's decision to refuse permission for the development are set out in the attached schedule.
▪ In another case, the committee has refused permission for health authorities to link their computer files with personal tax records.
▪ The council says a holy coal house doesn't qualify as a home improvement and has refused planning permission.
▪ Furthermore, an applicant who had been refused planning permission could appeal to the ministry.
reproduce
▪ These are reproduced here by permission of the Linnean Society of London. 5.
▪ They may not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission.
request
▪ In most cases, you will be required to request permission from your line manager before engaging in any political activity.
▪ He might have been requesting permission to explode the station.
▪ Earlier it had said that Mr Sharif had requested permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
▪ Theoretically, a manager can request permission from the finance office or the legislature to move funds across the fences.
▪ In September, Joseph requested permission to travel to Washington to correct the mistakes made in the recent settlement.
▪ A prisoner approached the second white line, requested permission to cross.
require
▪ This will not necessarily require planning permission.
▪ In most cases, you will be required to request permission from your line manager before engaging in any political activity.
▪ Mining operations on new sites require planning permission in the ordinary way.
▪ For example, the use by the householder of a room as an office would not normally require permission.
▪ The United Kingdom does not require prior permission, if reciprocity is accorded.
▪ The United States does not require advance permission.
▪ That has been provided because it does not require planning permission.
seek
▪ None of this applies to private land, because anyone is free to seek permission from any landowner.
▪ The doctors must explain the uncertainty of the outcome when seeking permission to include some one in the study.
▪ Public companies, for example, may seek permission to have their shares quoted on the Stock Exchange.
▪ She sought permission to determine why no whites had been prosecuted for similar charges.
▪ Students sometimes seek permission to record lectures: not a good idea, except perhaps in the case of some handicapped students.
▪ Yoko San Oriental Spa is seeking permission to keep operating beyond a February 1998 deadline set by the city.
▪ When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises.
use
▪ A copy of the background correspondence is attached for your information along with a form giving permission to use the material.
▪ He asked my permission to use new rope because we were desperately short of traditional rope.
▪ In return for this support the king granted Stamford the permission to use the royal coat of arms on the borough shield.
▪ The ministry will give permission to use the funds, Yamada said.
▪ A software licence does not grant an interest in the copyright but gives permission to use the software.
▪ Pluto gave him permission provided Hercules used no weapons to overcome him.
▪ Meanwhile, Echo says it has Apple's permission to use the ToolBox for demonstration purposes.
▪ You said that his estate had given Gibson permission to use Jimi's signature.
win
▪ The more creative will experiment with less conventional architects if it will help them win planning permission.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I had to get official permission to visit the prison.
▪ The changes to the book were all made with the author's permission.
▪ We're not allowed to camp here without the farmer's permission.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Allen Ginsberg gave us permission, and demanded accountability.
▪ But many smaller players operate independently or with the permission of the Arellanos.
▪ Councillors complained that the full council should have been consulted before planning permission was given.
▪ In fact, he says he needs written permission a week in advance before delivery lorries can get to his home.
▪ In short, planning permission was effectively withheld.
▪ Planning permission was not required from the Department in London.
▪ Reproduced by permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.
▪ To invent ways of doing things; to see what was needed and attack it without permission.