1.   Instead, each airline was to be allowed to use its discretion as to frequency and capacity within reasonable grounds.

2.   It is not possible to lay down rigid rules on sentencing - judges must be free to use their discretion.

3.   In all cases, we reserve the right to use our discretion in offering students any particular style or type of accommodation.

4.   In certain extreme circumstances, Her Majesty may find herself in a position in which she is called on to use her discretion in making a political decision.

5.   Health authorities would be encouraged, he said, to use discretion to ensure medical care is free.

6.   The former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Lane, has called for the abolition of automatic life sentences for murder allowing Judges to use their discretion in individual cases.

7.   These amazing cases come soon after Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke urged magistrates to use more discretion when imposing penalties under the new Criminal Justice Act.

8.   The Federation of Small Businesses is asking local authorities to use the discretion available to them to offer rates relief to businesses found to be suffering hardship.