Sentence examples for and be lenient from inspiring English sources

"They feel that the reformists will open up to the West and be lenient on the nuclear issue," he said.

Some economists have also questioned the economic wisdom of Mr. Thaksin's plan to hand over roughly $1.5 billion to the nation's villages and be lenient with farmers on about $1.6 billion in interest payments.

Be a hard master to yourself– and be lenient to everybody else.

The government safeguards the Christian holy places and is lenient on the right of return of Christian refugees.

Damagingly, the report infers that the 1999 cortisone episode was common practice, as the UCI "appeared to have a policy of accepting backdated prescriptions and to be lenient in applying the rules on therapeutic use exemptions [TUEs].

THE committee feeds its witness the usual threat, wrapped in an un-nourishing promise: Cooperate and we'll be lenient.

Studies suggest that the main causes of the debacle in the United States were the increasing incentives for managers to commit fraud and 'gatekeepers' to be lenient, together with the evolution of the GAAP towards a rule based financial reporting system.

Phil decides to tell Ben about Lexi; if he and Lola were getting married Ben's judge might be lenient and Social Services impressed.

"If corruption was found behind this, we must handle it according to law, and we will not be lenient," he said.

Mr. Clinton argued earlier this month that his 20 years of public service should persuade the panel to be lenient and not recommend any sanction harsher than a reprimand.

The stewards decided to be lenient, and I think that was the right call because it allowed the racing to continue.