Direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They believe it is what they call a permissive environment that the Lebanese will cause them, obviously, no problem. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2006] Reference
They believe and hope they're going into what they call permissive environment, but they are prepared for anything they say. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006] Reference
But they really have to operate in what the military calls a permissive environment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2003] Reference
In a "permissive" society it communicates itself with language and protest. From Wordnik.com. [Commonalities?] Reference
She will not have the kind of permissive environment that you ` re describing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2006] Reference
Can offload equipment and personnel in a "permissive," or peaceful, environment.'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Others put the onus on the "permissive" 1960s and a generation of parents raising "undisciplined" children. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes Someone a Campus Murderer?] Reference
The fact that he was entering into denial of his own hedonistic, drug-induced, "permissive" past made his transformation into zealot all the more tragic. From Wordnik.com. [Commonalities?] Reference
It is, moreover, impossible to swallow Mr. Jagmohan's arguments in My Frozen Turbulence that New Delhi has all along been too "permissive" toward the Kashmiris. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in the Bag] Reference
His sovereignty by falling back to the "permissive" argument. From Wordnik.com. [Triablogue] Reference
"Fair and Inclusive" does not and should not be taken to imply "permissive". From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
Two years later, Iran's government placed him under what U.S. officials called "permissive" house arrest. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
They told the world this was only a problem in America, and tried to blame it on America's "permissive" society. From Wordnik.com. [Best of the Blogs] Reference
German has also threatened to fine conservative Muslim parents who have sought exemption from "permissive" sex-education classes. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Israeli soldiers have described the use of "permissive" rules of engagement that cost civilian lives during the recent military campaign in Gaza. From Wordnik.com. [Rocket News] Reference
"We should be rightly concerned by the so-called 'permissive' change allowing churches to hold civil partnership registrations 'if they want to'," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Today] Reference
Q So you've defined "permissive". From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference
"permissive" to outside chemicals, including here these tiny particles. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
"permissive" laws, or laws of forbearance; finally, the law in addition to forbidding a given act may render it, if performed, null and void; these are "irritant" laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Britain's legislation is permissive, not restrictive. From Wordnik.com. [ALISON MURDOCH: A GREEN LIGHT FOR RESEARCH] Reference
A sensible conservative complaint is that GATT is too permissive. From Wordnik.com. [Up From Mercantilism] Reference
I recommend the path of being sensibly permissive; hardline approaches tend to backfire. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Ali Binazir: How to Prevent Your Ivy League Child From Becoming Suicidal] Reference
Take away judging a child as having "bad behavior" or a parent as being "overly permissive.". From Wordnik.com. [Elaine Hall: 7 Easy Ways to Help a Family Diagnosed With Autism] Reference
She blames the usual suspects: media, misguided feminist professors, overly permissive parents. From Wordnik.com. [Girls Going Mild(er)] Reference
But the nation's maitre d's are turning out to harbor permissive thoughts beneath their pomaded hair. From Wordnik.com. [If A Movie Usher Answers...] Reference
So, too, has the arrival of new generations with more permissive attitudes on many social and cultural issues. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Marriage Slowly Gaining] Reference
One pet peeve: parents who are too permissive when their children are young (No. 5: establish rules and set limits). From Wordnik.com. [Parenting For Dummies] Reference
Perfect retention may sound like a godsend, but when the hippocampus gets overly permissive, the results can be devastating. From Wordnik.com. [Memory] Reference
He suggested a more permissive water-pollution standard for the mill -- one that Champion had already pronounced acceptable. From Wordnik.com. [Gore's Pollution Problem] Reference
I'd like to see the U.N. figure out a way to deal with the distribution of humanitarian aid in a non-permissive environment. From Wordnik.com. [Providing Disaster Relief An Ongoing Challenge] Reference
The Silent Majority of 1969 is either dead or worried about Medicare, and ads calling Clinton a permissive liberal won't change that. From Wordnik.com. [The Sultan Of The Suburbs] Reference
Some industry analysts said Microsoft was lucky: during those years, copyright law became just permissive enough to give Windows a window. From Wordnik.com. [How Bill Gets Out Of Tight Spots] Reference
Instead they argued that Patty Bowman and Anita Hill were liars, and they sought every opportunity to portray them as sexually permissive and psychologically unstable. From Wordnik.com. [Balancing Act] Reference
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