breathing space

How To Use breathing space In A Sentence

• Giving a relationship breathing space strengthens love. The Sun
• They survived being handbagged by Mrs Thatcher, but have they found breathing space beneath Tony Blair's sandbags?
• Instead they had that crucial bit of breathing space and an opening goal worth waiting for. The Sun
• It will give a breathing space for the peasants and, by removing the cause leading to "revolt, "will unite all forces in finding the way to industrial recovery.
• Those who are gay have some breathing space – at least in the cities, if you move in the right circles, you know the gay bars and that sort of thing, butfor the others, the tunnel is darker. India's Lonely Honeymooners
• He also called for clarity on whether the government would seek transitional arrangements to give businesses more breathing space before a new system is implemented. Times, Sunday Times
• In the first half we played with great rhythm and intensity which gave us some breathing space in the second half.
• This holiday will give me a bit of breathing space before I start my new job.
• He also called for clarity on whether the government would seek transitional arrangements to give businesses more breathing space before a new system is implemented. Times, Sunday Times
• I wanted a little breathing space between jobs.