free scope
Example Sentences
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Giving the natural risk-takers such a free scope led soon to embedding an admiration for risk-taking in American culture.
From Time • Mar. 28, 2015
After attempts at forced collectivization, which contributed to Poland's near revolt in 1956, the regime has allowed relatively free scope to the farmers.
From Time Magazine Archive
This, as she had been taught by revolutionary publications, was to come as the logical continuation of Russia’s village communes, once the development of this survival of prehistoric communism received free scope.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham
There was no spirit of propaganda in the naturalistic religion of the pagan king; he gave his wife a free scope, but refused to adopt the doctrine she advocated.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
They are most safely lulled to sleep, and at last even conquered, by giving them free scope.
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
