free rein

How To Use free rein In A Sentence

• Circumstances like these free rein to speculation, rumor and fear.
• The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport.
• His reputation as a meddler, unwilling to afford his managers free rein, is as damaging as what appears to be his unrealistic ambition.
• Steve Perlstein writes, The basic view from behind the stethoscope is that health care would be a whole lot better if only the docs were given free rein to treat their patients, organize their practices, run the hospitals and set their own fees …. Wonk Room » The WonkLine: June 17, 2009
• Thornycroft was thus largely given free rein to devise an idealized image of Anglo-Saxon Englishness in his statue for the millenary commemoration.
• The young film-makers were given free rein to experiment with new themes and techniques.
• I would discuss the script, say, on proportional representation, and then give him free rein.
• he gave free rein to his impulses
• Five years is too long to give any group of people free rein over the affairs of a country. Times, Sunday Times
• The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport.