Sentence examples for government leeway from inspiring English sources

A decade of fiscal caution has given South Africa's government leeway to splash out.

The Chinese economy still has deep structural problems, but a revival of the growth rate gives the government leeway to push ahead with stalled economic reforms.

The 2009 budget targeted a surplus equivalent to 3% of GDP, but gave the government leeway to run this surplus down to 1% of GDP in order to support the economy during the economic slowdown.

Objections were raised that such a bill could give the government leeway to ignore legitimate requests, so Mr. Espero said the final bill was amended to try to address those concerns.

The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows that while Americans are willing to give the government leeway in the legal war on terrorism, some proposals that might impinge on civil liberties give them pause.

During a public health emergency, government leeway is even broader.

What's more, it managed to clean up without sacrificing growth by investing in pollution-control technologies and giving local governments leeway to tighten standards beyond national requirements.

From December 29, when the Communications Act comes into force, the rules governing newspaper ownership will change, giving the government more leeway to intervene on public interest grounds when newspapers change hands.

"It makes clear that health comes before trade and gives government the leeway to save lives".

In general, Americans were willing to give the government substantial leeway in dealing with foreigners suspected of terrorism.

Polls indicated that the public was generally willing to give the government considerable leeway in ferreting out terrorists.