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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bit of licence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small amount of freedom or flexibility in a particular context, often in creative or artistic endeavors.
Example: "The author took a bit of licence with the historical facts to enhance the narrative of the story."
Alternatives: "a little freedom" or "some leeway".
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In other words, giving free-spirited software coders a bit of licence to speak their minds would not be completely alien to Samsung's management.
"Especially if it comes from the leader of the free world, it gives other countries a bit of licence to then persecute and discriminate," she said.
Of course, these comparisons need a bit of licence on my part, but bear with me – we may even get a parallel result out of it.
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Your face was pressed against his…" "There was a bit of poetic licence at work there.
"Oh, I think you can have a bit of dramatic licence," says Harrison.
Or is Shane Meadows indulging in a bit of poetic licence here?
"I think he might have used a bit of poetic licence there," the multilingual Hodgson pointed out.
"People say: 'Surely it wasn't like that, they've used a bit of artistic licence,'" says Sumner.
We're assured that a bit of cinematic licence can't matter much: it's only the movies.
McBride confessed in the emails that most of the stories were "gossipy and intended to destabilised the Tories", according to the News of World, and admitted using "a bit of poetic licence".
ONE way to appreciate the chaotic complexity that rules in the computer vaults ("datacentres") of firms is to imagine, with a bit of anthropomorphic licence, the journey of one lowly unit of digital information, or byte, as it wends its way on a routine mission through a maze of computers, routers, switches and wires.At the outset, the byte is asleep on a specialised storage disc.
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com