Preposition: of

• time: We live in the most tolerant and permissive of times; being progressive and open-minded has never been so cool.

Modifies a noun

• paraphrase: A different permissive paraphrase is found in Hilary of Poitiers ( A.D.

• bridleway: Visitor facilities: Easily accessible with many paths including a permissive bridleway.

• footpath: Such paths might be anything from an adopted road to a permissive footpath only.

• path: A local example of a permissive path is the Wirral Way.

• liberal: I am, perhaps, in a minority among socially permissive liberals in not viewing pornography as a ' victimless crime ' .

• society: The permissive society has its own kind of fruit.

Modifying Another Word

• socially: I am, perhaps, in a minority among socially permissive liberals in not viewing pornography as a ' victimless crime ' .

• too: Some critics thought that the legislation was too permissive.

• very: The run 3 resource context was highly restrictive, while the run 4 context was very permissive.

• sexually: But this woman was not only a Samaritan, she was sexually permissive.

• merely: The objective stance here is not merely permissive, but active.

• not: And all new access must be definitive not permissive.

Used with adjective complement

• consider: By considering permissive, negotiated or other access routes gaps in the network may be dramatically reduced.