As a consequence the recent decline in public spending on services, such as education, has gone virtually unchecked.

The expansion, which was virtually unchecked until recession bit in the late 1970s, raced ahead of the country's ability to understand and control industrial pollution.

Critics of the approach said it would give the president virtually unchecked authority if the program were to be declared legal.

Since deregulation, cable companies have operated in each town as virtually unchecked monopolies.

New construction ran virtually unchecked during the Bradley era.

The cost of the programs is virtually unchecked and growing, with states spending nearly $450 million on them this year.

Once past our forces, they could rampage virtually unchecked, with us only able to nip at their heels as we chased after them.

But their growth, virtually unchecked, stopped abruptly in 1995, with charges of wrongdoing, investigations and critical reports.

The Act was designed to regulate the State's medical professionals, who up to that point had operated virtually unchecked.

Considering that the plays of both men are often perceived as political, their continued ability to operate virtually unchecked is even more impressive.