Sentence examples for Lenient stance from inspiring English sources
Japanese officials complain that China takes an uncharacteristically lenient stance toward domestic political groups that stir up anti-Japanese sentiment.
Asked by the Guardian if he intends to seek transparency in the current case, Khan appeared to have shifted to a more lenient stance.
And the courts are "taking a lenient stance", often allowing people to pay off their debts at perhaps just £5 a week.
The council rejected many candidates who had a lenient stance toward reformers but also some who are affiliated with Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, a cleric who has often spoken against democracy.
But Mr. Malley said that while Muslims viewed Mr. Obama as "the most friendly and the most understanding U.S. president they have ever witnessed," many are disappointed in the president's policies, particularly what they regard as his lenient stance toward Israel.
He could launch a missile test as policy makers in South Korea and the United States have expected, and some South Korean officials privately fear the softening of the North's tone could be a ploy meant to bolster those in the United States and South Korea who are pushing for a more lenient stance toward the North.
It remains a tough balancing act for Brussels; push too hard and risk strengthening eurosceptic sentiment in Italy, but too lenient a stance risks a counter reaction from other European members that comply with the rules.
The FBI's stance on drugs, however, has never been especially lenient.
It passed the lower house of Congress in 1998 but has been mired in the Senate ever since, with the opposition accusing the government of being too lenient with pharmaceutical firms and the government arguing that too tough a stance will discourage research that Brazil cannot afford to carry out on its own.
As to her own choice of brotherhood, Ms. Ruiz Copete, who is 50, said that she had felt from an early age inspired by the Brotherhood of Silence, whatever its stance toward women and despite the allegiance of her family to another, more lenient brotherhood.
