Example sentences of "be free [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have generally been free to regulate their own affairs , sometimes with statutory backing , and have been specifically exempted from the scope of competition laws . |
| 2 | Up until now there has been no uniformity of presentation of nutrition information ; a manufacturer has been free to give what information he wants in the way he chooses to express it . |
| 3 | Francis had never shown any real interest in either side of the business and , as far as the shop was concerned , this had meant that Cathy had been free to go her own way under the old man 's eye . |
| 4 | One of the main problems in banking is that banks have not been free to establish themselves in other member states — the technical phrase which applies here is the Right of Establishment . |
| 5 | A created universe , unlike one that had always existed , was one in which the Creator had been free to exercise His will in devising the laws that nature should obey . |
| 6 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 7 | Whatever the pressures , Gomez had been free to make his choice . |
| 8 | You know I am free to gamble my way into a debtor 's prison . |
| 9 | ‘ In the meantime you are free to do whatever you wish to do over the next few weeks . |
| 10 | If you have good technique you are free to do whatever you wish … to move your opponents around the court or to use a certain kind of tactic . |
| 11 | His teaching is full of an emphasis on obedience , not because we are forced to , but because we are free to do what is right , what God wants . |
| 12 | But people are free to do what they like with their lives . ’ |
| 13 | What a silly thing to say : people are free to do what they like with their lives . |
| 14 | Under capitalism , labour power is not one of the means of production since the workers are free to sell their labour . |
| 15 | The members ' rights of ownership entitle them not only to make decisions personally about how their property is to be used , but also to delegate that power to others , and they are free to stipulate what degree of control they require over the discretion ceded by them . |
| 16 | The Secretariat has stated that individual countries are free to set their own environmental standards , as long as they do not impede free trade . |
| 17 | Thus , there is some degree of selfdetermination in the ship case because we are free to shut our eyes , to cross the river and see it move from right to left , free to jump into the water and watch it coming towards us , free to determine the speed with which it passes across our visual field by moving our eyes with or against its movement . |
| 18 | The local authority can provide them , but employees are free to wear their own if they wish . |
| 19 | At HCI Clubs we look after the children so that parents are free to enjoy their own holiday . |
| 20 | Well no you do n't actually , I mean y you are free to ignore our advice and Yeah I I know that , |
| 21 | At the end of it all , the journalists are free to report what they have been told without question , they may seek to check the information they have been given with other sources or use it as background on a later occasion . |
| 22 | There is unfortunately a mistaken view held by many councillors that they are free to state what they wish in council meetings for they imagine that the council meeting is a completely privileged occasion . |
| 23 | Although the parties are free to agree what terms they choose , they will not be bound by any term which is not properly incorporated in the contract . |
| 24 | When you have a blank piece of paper you are free to say whatever you want . ’ |
| 25 | There must , he said , be a place where people are free to say what they like . |
| 26 | You are free to carry it on … when I feel fit to release you . ’ |
| 27 | They are free to move around ; they can plan their own work schedules ; and they are free to use their own initiative . |
| 28 | It is because the shareholders no longer control the management of a large public company and the product market is no longer perfectly competitive that the management are free to use their discretion for these socially worthwhile ends . |
| 29 | If not , they are free to treat him in what they believe to be his best interests . |
| 30 | The decision in Lingens edges Europe closer to the US " public figure " doctrine , in which journalists are free to publish what they honestly believe about important persons . |