1.   Considerable discretion was delegated to field officers who constituted the core of the imperial administrative structure.

2.   The test of benefit of a class leaves the courts considerable discretion as to how to define the class.

3.   The authority has considerable discretion in this matter.

4.   But even if a breakup is a long shot, a century of antitrust case law shows that a judge has considerable discretion.

5.   Commanders have considerable discretion in how they deal with those accused of wrongdoing.

6.   In return, the states would have considerable discretion in setting eligibility criteria.

7.   Legal experts say that although courts give the government considerable discretion when passing on its rule-making powers, the objections are not easily dismissed.

8.   Schools that attracted more applicants than they could accommodate had considerable discretion over which ones to accept.

9.   The document is vague enough to give considerable discretion to local school districts.