However, the domestic carmakers were in no position to take advantage of the breathing space.
They can use the breathing space to tackle reform: Take steps to restore the confidence of investors.
But the local firms failed to take advantage of the breathing space.
The BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says opponents of war will question the purpose of the surge, if the Iraqis themselves cannot use the breathing space provided by US forces to find long-term solutions.
The result will be a welcome glimmer of hope for under-pressure Reds manager Roy Hodgson, who used the breathing space of his team being top of their group ahead of the game to field a team mostly of youngsters and fringe players.
The scheme is designed to protect weak links in the euro zone for the next three years, buying them the breathing space to shore up public finances, clean up banks and retool uncompetitive economies so they can grow again and pay off their debts.
"This is designed to protect people from the risk of harm, and to give the trust breathing space to make the changes it needs to make, " he said.
The BBC's Chief Political Correspondent Norman Smith said he sensed the government was "backing off" implementing any changes for some time and the banks would be given the "breathing space" they have been calling for to build up their financial strength after the 2008 crisis.
Fly-half Ignacio Mieres slotted two penalties and replacement Gareth Steenson another to give the Chiefs breathing space.
Nor has the breathing-space they afforded been used to clean up all of the shabbier corporate practices.
That said, the initial response from stock markets seems to suggest that ailing economies will get the financial breathing space needed to repair their buckets.
It seems more likely that the breathing-space will be wasted.
Keys reduced a 16-0 interval deficit to just eight points midway through the second half, but Powell's try killed off the fightback and Williams' second touchdown gave the visitors breathing space.
The fear is that rather than give the firms a breathing space in which they could complete the restructuring of their operations and extract further concessions from the union, Chapter 11 would set off a downward spiral.
Mexico's prospects of clawing their way back into the contest faded after Ricardo Osorio gifted possession to Gonzalo Higuain, who slotted home his fourth goal of the competition to give Argentina breathing space by the break.
But Albertz had other ideas and on the stroke of time hit a superb strike to seal the win and give Rangers some valuable breathing space at the top of the league.
But the biggest obstacle to consolidation may have been the very breathing-space created by protection.
"The slight slowdown will give economies in the region some breathing space, " he says.
Most people in Jenin think the talks will just give Israel breathing space to keep the status quo.
But they do give the Scottish Executive breathing space as it formulates an economic policy designed to tackle Scotland's longer-term problems.
Second-half tries from Paul Wellens and Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook gave the hosts some breathing space before Giants' David Fa'alogo pulled one back.
Chairman Raymond Lane resigned, and that gives the CEO some breathing space.
Unusually, there are only two further state elections this year, in May and September, which might give the chancellor some breathing space to show he can deliver his economic reforms.
And the home side gained some breathing space when King went flying over in the same corner after good work by Louis Anderson.
The BBC's Chris Morris in Athens says the new coalition will press its EU partners for some breathing space over the bailout conditions, but a frosty reaction can be expected from some countries.
The visitors needed some breathing space and were given it when Keane was shown a straight red by Phil Dowd, after consulting the fourth official, for a tackle on Muamba that was late but did not appear to be malicious.
By agreeing to the swap, it will win some breathing-space: the government this week announced it would postpone the caps for a year.
But the operation may at least have bought a breathing space in which the various factions can have one more try at reaching a peace agreement that has some chance of being implemented.
In 1402, he turned on, and defeated, the Ottoman Turks, thus giving Christendom a breathing-space after the crushing defeats inflicted on it by the Ottomans at Kosovo in 1389 and Nicopolis seven years later.
The government must choose between giving Sellafield a breathing space and bringing forward the closure of the reprocessing plant.
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