Example sentences of "be free [verb] [pron] [adj] " 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 | 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 | The Secretariat has stated that individual countries are free to set their own environmental standards , as long as they do not impede free trade . |
| 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 | They are free to move around ; they can plan their own work schedules ; and they are free to use their own initiative . |
| 7 | People are free to choose their own future , so the patient knows what is best . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | At home you are free to choose your own . |
| 10 | If we are so satisfied , then we are free to exercise our own discretion . |
| 11 | As I am satisfied that the judge applied an incorrect test to the foster mother 's application , and was also deprived of material necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion , it follows that we are free to exercise our own discretion and it is to that question that I now turn . |
| 12 | Of course , you are free to make your own arrangements if you prefer . |
| 13 | Here West argues that informed individuals subject to taxation are free to reduce their private saving as opposed to consumption or , indeed , to reduce their consumption if the debt alternative is employed . |
| 14 | Kovalenko cast doubts on the ASEAN proposal for a neutral zone since he imagined it ‘ wrong to think that the ASEAN countries have already managed fully to break away from the influence of the imperialist powers and that they are free to pursue their own foreign policy ’ . |
| 15 | With the latter form of regional economics association , nation states are free to adopt their own tariff levels upon goods imported from the rest of the world . |
| 16 | To this extent it may be correct to say that there is a rule of law against the application of an exceptions clause to a particular type of breach … and in Photo Production v Securicor Lord Diplock recognised that the parties are free to modify their contractual obligations " within the limits that the agreement must retain the legal characteristics of a contract " . |
| 17 | Member States of the EC are free to determine their own policies towards competition within their national boundaries . |
| 18 | Fit him in , will you , when I 'm free to give him some time . |
| 19 | ‘ I wo n't be a king , ’ he muttered to himself ; ‘ they ca n't force me to ; I 'm free to make my own life . |
| 20 | She would soon be free to go her own way once more , and that was what she wanted , was n't it ? |
| 21 | ‘ You are the last woman I would have thought I would want — you 're everything I despise , but you 're in danger of becoming an obsession and there 's only one way to deal with it : we 'll make love until we 're sated with each other , then we 'll both be free to go our separate ways and forget we ever met . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She would n't have to be dependent on my father any more and she would be free to live her own life . |
| 25 | There has been some debate over the necessity of maintaining a central bank , when it is possible to have a free banking regime in which banks would be free to print their own notes to satisfy the demand for cash . |
| 26 | She wanted to be free to do her own thing — be independent — get a job , perhaps . |
| 27 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Subsidiaries will be free to set their own prices . |
| 30 | 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 . |