1.   He was given a remarkably free hand in making all the arrangements.

2.   His viewpoint is remarkably free of idealism or cant.

3.   Like the oceans in general, healthy reefs seem remarkably free of plant life.

4.   The Bush administration was also remarkably free of internal strife, at least until its reelection effort faltered.

5.   Her lifestyle was remarkably free from ostentation.

6.   And yet, for someone who almost died when someone hurled a rock through her taxicab window, Siobhan Fegan is remarkably free of bitterness.

7.   Besides being remarkably lucky, we have also always been remarkably free.

8.   Both holes were remarkably free of surrounding cracks and were clearly the result of surgery, not violence.

9.   But beyond fuel and energy, the nation remained remarkably free of the rising inflation that the booming economy was expected to have produced by now.

10.   But compared with the Kennedys, the Windsors have been remarkably free of lethal tragedy.