Sentence examples for was permissive from inspiring English sources

In certain crucial matters, Spock was permissive.

Her mother was permissive and the family moved frequently when Makayla was young, the report said.

In discussion, the author herself was permissive, telling us: "Any reader has a right to skip any part of any text".

In Gainey, the judge had explained that the presumption was permissive; it did not require the jury to convict the defendant even if it was convinced that he was present at the site.

Powell traces the brittle, abrasive quality of Martin's fiction, its rootless demotic, to his bungled education (four schools in as many years) and to parenting that was permissive to a fault.

The Commons culture select committee report contained some new facts, but Britain had a media culture which was permissive of unlawful activities and News International was guilty of deliberate obfuscation.

Either may be permissive rather than obligatory.

The word 'may,' it is agreed, is permissive, not mandatory.

Whereas section 102.111 is mandatory, section 102.112 is permissive.

The freshman eligibility rule is permissive and not mandatory.

Furthermore, RBR E3 activity is permissive to the L104A mutant18.