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1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra i. vi. 166 The absence of those two persons, afforded my Prince great facilities [Fr. grandes facilitez] in entertaining the Queen.

1692 W. Temple Mem. Christendom (ed. 2) iii. 501 Monsieur Beverning, now favoured with a fair Gale from home,..and seconded with the great facilities that were given by France, made such a quick dispatch of what remained in contest upon the Treaty between France and Spain.

1789 N. Cutting Let. 9 Oct. in T. Jefferson Papers (1958) XV. 496 They had received an order..to give all possible facility to Mr. J. with respect to the Landing and reshipping his Baggage.

1799 W. Godwin St. Leon IV. ii. 53 I had every facility for adding to my store from time to time as circumstances should demand.

1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 357 He wishes to be permitted and to have the facilities given to him to return to France as soon as possible.

1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. i. 35 The facilities given to the exportation of goods manufactured at home.

1865 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1870) ii. 28 Throw every facility in their way.

1876 Patterson in C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 250 The facilities for ordinary traffic are apt to break down.

1971 Times 9 Oct. 12/1 We were given every facility to see things for ourselves both by the Northern Ireland Government and by the prison authorities.

1994 Moneyclips (Nexis) 18 July [Saudi officials] welcomed the foreign investments in the country and reiterated that all possible facilities would be extended to them.