Sentence examples for given a licence from inspiring English sources

DraftKings, moreover, has been given a licence to operate in Britain.

In June, Peru was given a licence to export avocados to China.

He warned the Kremlin could in effect be given a "licence to kill".

Jockeys have effectively been given a licence to beat them with impunity.

Shasun has been given a licence from the Home Office to manufacture Schedule 1 substances.

Cook an egg on the telly and it's like being given a licence to print money for all eternity.

Herring offers his view, too: "Although comedy gives a licence to say things you wouldn't say in normal life, that does not mean there are no boundaries.

The leaked letter said a Conservative government "would not pay a penny of compensation to speculative developers as a consequence of changes in planning policy", giving a licence to authorities to delay developments.

Last year, Aceh's governor, Irwandi Yusuf, gave a licence to PT Kallista Alam, a palm oil company, to convert 1,600 hectares of the Tripa peat swamp, home of orangutans, tigers and bears.

"Anarchy," screamed the News of the World, while Gary Lineker suggested on Match Of The Day that Halsey's decision gave a licence to players to protest at decisions in the hope of the referee overturning them.

That gives a licence to people to buy English clubs, chuck all their players over here and have a reserve team.