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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It called for a free vote on marijuana, and also for possible referendums on abortion and the restoration of capital punishment.
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Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and can not be instructed by their party to follow a line.
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On a free vote the amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246, a majority of forty six.
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The issues of Maastricht - single currency, sovereignty and legal structure - deserve thorough scrutiny and a free vote .
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Who is really winning will not be known before the free vote on the embryo Bill in the new year.