Sentence examples for a lenient stance from inspiring English sources

And the courts are "taking a lenient stance", often allowing people to pay off their debts at perhaps just £5 a week.

Unlike its uncompromising revolutionary stance in the 1980s, Hezbollah conveyed a lenient stance towards the Lebanese state.

Asked by the Guardian if he intends to seek transparency in the current case, Khan appeared to have shifted to a more lenient stance.

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.

I also happen to have a more lenient stance on its use than most people.

King Herod had a more lenient stance on abortion than Theresa May.

But police seem to be taking a more lenient stance, and, for his part, Gough said he plans to avoid busy public roads, according to The Sun.

WASHINGTON ― Officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Barack Obama wanted to take a more lenient stance on marijuana, with one former official telling HuffPost that staff pushed to ease federal prohibitions against the drug.

Japanese officials complain that China takes an uncharacteristically lenient stance toward domestic political groups that stir up anti-Japanese sentiment.

"None of us really knows how big the pool of available workers is," said Jared Bernstein, a labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute, "but the more lenient stance can only increase the number of people available abroad for jobs in the United States".

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.