The board never directed the laboratory's research but tried to attract, or to keep, talented young people and gave them a free hand.
In order to give newcomers a free hand, death is needed as a sort of ' term limits ' device.
Seven technical specialists were duly recruited and then given a relatively free hand to explore any possibilities which seemed relevant to local circumstances.
The evangelists, who could not be prevented from preaching by law, thus had a free hand.
Before 1905, the three governments enjoyed something close to a free hand in foreign policy.
There is no such thing as a free gesture: the possible variations of a free hand are directly linked to the rest of the body and the earth.
When they began to practice on small projects, they felt they had a relatively free hand: 'some of our most rewarding projects were born outside the spotlights of architectural expectations'.
On the opposite bank of the river lies a castle or fortified village, while in front, four sails are once again sketched in with a singularly free hand.