Example sentences of "given a free " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Curtis , the former Welsh international striker , yesterday signed for Swansea after being given a free transfer by Cardiff . |
| 2 | Given a free hand , the Commission could put the development of international accounting standards back 15 years . |
| 3 | Every member is given a free MU diary . |
| 4 | MPs were given a free vote . |
| 5 | The civilians would look after the waves of foreign investment lapping into Thailand , while the armed forces would retain their grip on many state-owned enterprises and would be given a free hand to run Thailand 's relations with its neighbours . |
| 6 | Each driver would be given a free monthly allowance , which a meter would debit electronically every time a driver entered or left a freeway . |
| 7 | Those who believe goalkeepers are overprotected will be happy , but the referee had given a free kick earlier for a less demanding challenge on Mimms . |
| 8 | The return of Alvin Martin , 33 , who will be given a free transfer at the end of the season , for his first match in 16 months , shored the defence , while Matthew Rush , in attack for only the fourth start of his career , was a revelation . |
| 9 | The membranes that surround the cells of all modern organisms are compounded of protein and fat , and oxygen given a free run at those membranes would be extremely destructive . |
| 10 | The offer from the planners was that his unit would be expanded and that he would afterwards be given a free hand to harry the German supply lines all along the coast . |
| 11 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 12 | The turning point was Denis Law 's infamous transfer debacle in 1973 when he was given a free transfer by United and crossed Manchester to Maine Road to join Manchester City . |
| 13 | In March 1943 , Wolverton was given a free hand to co-operate with the designer of an instructional instrument , for the teaching of fuse prediction to naval personnel , in producing a prototype , utilizing wherever possible existing railway stocks of raw material . |
| 14 | ‘ If there are riot police , ’ he says , ‘ then vigilantes will appear , because there will always be somebody to see to it that crime is never given a free rein . ’ |
| 15 | A top line interior decorator had been given a free hand when Hugo had bought the triplex two years ago and no expense had been spared — the walls were hung with some of Hugo 's collection of Old Masters , glowing against the background of watered silk , the shelves were lined with leather bound first editions which neither Hugo nor Sally would ever open , much less read , every nook and cranny was filled with treasures and objets d'art displayed on dainty pedestals . |
| 16 | Given a free choice , children usually choose the apparatus they are ready for and although a three-year-old may imitate the feats of an older child with a funnel , tube and bottle , he may not gain the same satisfaction as he does from achieving something much more simple on his own . |
| 17 | The chef that evening , Nigel Alexander , originally from Stockton , has returned to the north after four years as a chef in London and is given a free rein with the menu . |
| 18 | And visitors to the stand will be given a free sample of Domestos Multi Surface Cleaner . |
| 19 | The Harrogate-born 26-year-old was given a free transfer by Leeds seven years ago and later joined Wimbledon for £70,000 . |
| 20 | Former England Under-21 international goalkeeper Brian Horne was given a free transfer by MILLWALL yesterday . |
| 21 | When interviewed , Clive Howard said he went every morning to feed the animals , particularly the cats , who were given a free run of the house . |
| 22 | Our winners will be given a FREE Tropical USA Rent-A-Car so you can drive cross the Golden Gate Bridge on your explorations . |
| 23 | KEVIN Ratcliffe , the ex-Wales skipper given a free transfer by Everton last season , last night joined Scottish Premier Division club Dundee . |
| 24 | Lamb 's friends are asking why Gower was given a free hand to make his remarks while Lamb faces one of the toughest penalties ever imposed in cricket for making the same kind of accusation . |
| 25 | Virtually everyone sings with a clothes peg on their nose and a space Cockney accent , no-one is very happy and Mr Synthesiser is given a free rein . |
| 26 | To date , it 's been reasonably simple to pick holes in their Heads-Down-Take-No-Nonsense-Mindless-Boogie , but here in New York they overcome both comparisons and critics , sending a tangible buzz round a capacity crowd , already reeling after each being given a free condom by a security man on the way in . |
| 27 | The ones who had worked on the previous Hayling dummy , including photographer Tom Picton and his daughter Zoe , had good reason to fear that Sutton , given a free hand , would get rid of them . |
| 28 | Crabs that live in areas where empty shells are scarce select relatively large shells when given a free choice , compared with crabs living where there is an abundance of empty shells . |
| 29 | When servicemen were demobilised in 1918 they were given a free unemployment insurance policy which entitled them to an ‘ out-of-work-donation ’ for a maximum of twenty-six weeks during the first twelve months following their demobilisation . |
| 30 | As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review . |