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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
breathing space
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He managed to create enough breathing space in the snow to survive until he could be rescued.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And the political culture is one that provides government with the breathing space necessary to address itself to those problems.
▪ But dentists in the NorthEast said the delay had only given the profession a short breathing space.
▪ But four minutes from the finish Elwood's second drop goal offered Ireland some much need breathing space.
▪ By holding off on both at least until next year, Clerides has created some diplomatic breathing space.
▪ Fortunately the Tories have bought a breathing space in which to sort out their policies.
▪ This creates a breathing space between inner clothes and the waterproof outer skin; important when only thermals are being worn underneath.
▪ We finally realised that we could avoid even that embarrassment by giving ourselves breathing space.
▪ Were they given this breathing space it would give them a chance to be less edgy about Olwyn.
Wiktionary
breathing space

n. 1 Sufficient space or a span of time in which to recover one's breath. 2 A rest, pause, or respite. 3 Enough distance so that one can feel unfettered.

WordNet
breathing space

  1. n. a short respite [syn: breath, breather, breathing place, breathing spell, breathing time]

  2. sufficient room for easy breathing or movement; "moved to the country to find breathing room" [syn: breathing room]

Wikipedia
Breathing Space (album)

Breathing Space is the debut solo album by UK keyboardist Iain Jennings. Although this album was originally released as Iain Jennings's album, it has become known as Breathing Space's (the band that was created for the following tour) first album because of the subsequent tours and the follow-up album Coming Up for Air in 2007.

Breathing Space

Breathing Space are a band formed in 2006 by Mostly Autumn keyboardist Iain Jennings. Some of the members had played on his solo album and formed a band to tour this record. They became a full-time band in 2007 when they released their first album as a band. This was called Coming Up for Air.

Mark Rowen left the band in early 2009 and was replaced by Mostly Autumn guitarist Liam Davison, but he was then in turn replaced by Bryan Josh after playing only three live shows with the band. Bryan's appointment was only temporary and the band placed an advertisement in Classic Rock Magazine in an attempt to find a permanent replacement.

During Liam's stint with the band, they recorded their second album as a whole band which is titled Below the Radar. This was released in August 2009, with a special pre-release run of 100 copies selling out at the Cambridge Rock Festival.

It was announced in January 2010 that both Olivia Sparnenn and Bryan Josh would be leaving the band to concentrate on Mostly Autumn after the departure of lead vocalist Heather Findlay.

In July 2010, Heidi Widdop and Adam Dawson were announced as new members of the band. This new line up of the band debuted at the Cambridge Rock Festival in August 2010, and played a new song 'My Lips are too Dry'. Another new song, 'Unnatural Disaster', was played at later shows. However this new line up of the band was short-lived as after only a handful of gigs, Breathing Space decided to disband in January 2011. Heidi Widdop, Adam Dawson, Paul Teasdale and Barry Cassells, all members of the final incarnation of Breathing Space, formed a new band called Stolen Earth later that year.

Usage examples of "breathing space".

He was confident that they would buy them a little breathing space now.

Even if the response was immediate, therefore, humanity would have a breathing space which could certainly be measured in decades - more probably in centuries.

In any case, we either carve ourselves some breathing space then, or we're purple meat under the sun and it don't matter.

It gave her a little breathing space to follow her natural inclinations.

He shoved them back against the wall, giving Nicholas some breathing space.

I wanted breathing space, and instead my hands were free, and he was a hard thought away.

For a breathing space he paused, and then the words inside him poured out.