As is cricket of course, which gives its writers a certain licence.

The universities are not being given a licence to charge whatever they want.

He's against it, in the sense of: "Why should the government give a licence to get married?"

It seemingly gave him a licence to speak out in a manner they did not enjoy.

Private entities should never have been given a licence to perform banking functions in the first place.

He was given a licence to crenelate it in 1312.

I said, "You've given him a bloody licence to do it."

Are we not, by doing this, giving people a licence to create considerable problems for us at a later date?

Today we have effectively given the big companies a licence to print money.

The plaintiff was given a temporary licence to leave her car in the defendant's yard.