Example sentences of "free [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would soon be free to go her own way once more , and that was what she wanted , was n't it ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is almost as if they were lent to us for their infancy and formative years , and are then entirely free to go their own way . |
| 4 | The local authority can provide them , but employees are free to wear their own if they wish . |
| 5 | At HCI Clubs we look after the children so that parents are free to enjoy their own holiday . |
| 6 | In 1935 the French were free to arrange their own wine laws , but they are now subject to EEC regulations and I doubt that Champagne , despite its unique viticultural situation , would be allowed to dispense with a maximum yield in favour of an average production yardstick . |
| 7 | On the other hand , princes felt free to vent their own anger in ways which they now blocked to others . |
| 8 | Apart from natural justice principles , the exchange is free to establish its own disciplinary and arbitration procedures . |
| 9 | A syntactically deviant sentence can be interpreted only by reference to a non-deviant sentence : a speaker , in other words , is not free to create his own grammar . |
| 10 | ‘ While the Labour Party must be free to reach its own conclusions , we should listen to the contributions which others wish to make to what must now become an important national debate . ’ |
| 11 | Subsidiaries will be free to set their own prices . |
| 12 | Situated right on the main promenade of Viareggio , the Hotel Liberty will best suit the more independently minded as it is offered on a bed and breakfast only basis , leaving guests free to set their own meal times . |
| 13 | Pavlov , as Finance Minister , had unveiled at the end of November 1990 a new style " union budget " relating only to the centre 's spending and revenue , and leaving the republics free to set their own budgets after meeting contributions to the centre . |
| 14 | Land would remain state-owned and might not be bought or sold , but inheritance rights over land would be guaranteed and peasants would be free to set their own prices for their produce . |
| 15 | Under the agreement EC airlines would be free to set their own tariffs from January 1993 and to fly between any EC country . |
| 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 | This habitual restraint produces a docility which woman requires all her life long , for she will always be in subjection to a man , or to man 's judgment , and she will never be free to set her own opinion above his . |
| 18 | People are free to choose their own future , so the patient knows what is best . |
| 19 | ‘ The Lord Chancellor 's interest in introducing competitive tendering caused the Society very great concern because competitive tendering would destroy the principle that legal aid clients — like all others — are free to choose their own solicitor . |
| 20 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl , in a marked shift of attitude , stated before the meeting that the peoples of Europe had to be free to choose their own future , while Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher warned that Germany would press for severe political and economic sanctions against Yugoslavia if the army continued to defy the federal authorities . |
| 21 | That is , she is exempt from supervision but not wholly free to choose her own activities . |
| 22 | Bernie and her father had each , in their own way , released her from the weight of obligation , setting her free to choose her own path . |
| 23 | At home you are free to choose your own . |
| 24 | Let me be a free man — free to travel , free to stop , free to work , free to trade where I choose , free to choose my own teachers , free to follow the religion of my fathers , free to think and talk and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty … |
| 25 | The independent contractor is one who has agreed to do a piece of work , but is to be left free to choose his own method of doing it . |
| 26 | In theory , parties were free to frame their own transactions , which could then be carried out without legal impediment ; in the event that a bargain fell through , or if one party balked or proved unable to perform , the law of contract made freely available the regular judicial processes of the court system , in which economic damages would be awarded to the party aggrieved . |
| 27 | And also free to express his own visual experiences , in a suitable medium , ii , a way understandable to the child . |
| 28 | I was free to express my own thoughts and feelings — it hurt sometimes . |
| 29 | While they remained relatively free to organise their own practices , they had little power to influence recruitment , selection , training and licensing . |
| 30 | If we are so satisfied , then we are free to exercise our own discretion . |