The architect was given/presented with a blank cheque to design a new city centre.
A blank cheque would greatly suit Barack Obama, who gave warning on April 14th that American banks may “require substantial additional resources”.
Many CEOs want to get a blank cheque from the board to lead the company.
Obama, who a fortnight ago called on Bush and the Congress to help carmakers, sided yesterday with congressional leaders. "We cannot just write a blank cheque to the auto industry, " he said.
She accused the think tank of not fully costing its proposals and effectively "signing a blank cheque on the issue".
He has, in a sense, been given a blank cheque to negotiate the new South Africa.
But with Angela Merkel suffering her fifth regional election defeat of the year, the German government will be more reluctant than ever to sign a blank cheque.
But that does not mean that they intended to give him a blank cheque.
We have signed a blank cheque on the public purse.
