Sentence examples for given too much leeway from inspiring English sources

The crackdown on protesters doesn't necessarily indicate that he is tightening his grip on power; it may be that the secret police, long given too much leeway, have been taking matters into their own hands.

With Bauer lying 20th overall and Rowsell 16th, both within five minutes of the overall leader, Julien Vermote of Belgium, the move was never going to be given too much leeway and with the gap at around six minutes, the chase began in earnest as the race approached Gloucester with more than 80km remaining.

In short, Ricketson thinks Cambodian authorities have given too much leeway to the organization.

State and federal regulators seeking more stringent terms say they are concerned that if mortgage companies are given too much leeway in selecting which loans to forgive, they will simply write down the principal balances on those mortgages owned by some other party, while sparing their own portfolios, the sources said.

These laws, critics say, give too much leeway to people who say they acted violently because they felt threatened.

The first version of the national legislation was ruled illegal by the constitutional court because it gave too much leeway to local authorities.

Investors and analysts say the changes, considered together, would give too much leeway to tax collectors to determine who, and what kind of activity, can be taxed.

Susan Linn, associate director at the Judge Baker Children's Center, a nonprofit group in Boston, said the report gave too much leeway to the industry.

Jim Dickson, vice president of the American Association of People with Disabilities, said the bill gave too much leeway to state legislatures over accessibility issues.

The former MP, who retired at the last election, called for parliament to determine whether the laws governing the agencies are "too swingeing and give too much leeway to executive action".

"I think there is paranoia among the ruling class that if they give too much leeway to dissent, however reasonable, others may start to challenge their authority more and more," Mr. Muscati said.