breathing space

Example Sentences

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By subsequently taxing hard to double the amount of breathing space or headroom to £22bn a year around her borrowing targets, Reeves gets space from the uncomfortable glare of the markets.

From BBC

The breathing space it now occupies is the Harvey Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where director Anne Kauffman, working with Gresham, is giving the play its breakout chance.

From Washington Post

They're simply the ones too far removed from their humanity to care about what they're doing to the little folks, using the ones who share breathing space with them as refreshment dispensers or furniture.

From Salon

When Russell and Stroll pitted out of the way, Ricciardo appeared to be holding Hamilton back to give Norris some breathing space at the front.

From BBC

They’re still coming, but their numbers have fallen this month from the summer’s catastrophic levels to merely overwhelming numbers, giving both the Border Patrol and Health and Human Services some breathing space.

From Washington Times