Sentence examples for become more lenient from inspiring English sources
Or it could become more lenient, by signaling to the banks that it will send fewer loans back.
Tuck noted that Coughlin had become "more lenient" in his time with the Giants, which may appeal to Burress.
Now that personal bankruptcy laws have become more lenient, there is less reason for desperate borrowers to delay.
Sometimes the house falls painfully quiet, Ms. Thornton said, though she has become more lenient about leaving "Law & Order" reruns on while the children complete their homework.
Lately some labels have become more lenient about licensing, Mr. Storper added, but it still took months to clear the tracks for "African Beat" and "Latin Beat".
But until the market softens and the gatekeepers become more lenient, people with less-than-perfect pets might consider using the time wisely.
"As far as I can determine, no clinical or school psychologists using the WISC over the relevant 25 years noticed that its criterion of mental retardation became more lenient over time," Flynn wrote, in a 2000 paper.
Paradoxically, as I got closer to the top, the gendarmes became more lenient and let us ride -- that is, until 700 meters from the finish, where the road was barricaded.
Sometimes, as with the 2008 Broncos-Chargers game in which Ed Hochuli pre-emptively blew the play dead on a Jay Cutler fumble that he deemed an incomplete pass, it helps lead to rule changes (the N.F.L. became more lenient in continuing action on plays involving fumbles).
Aware that corporate clients could simply fire an uncooperative auditor -- as Xerox did when KPMG refused to certify the company's 2000 financial report -- audit firms became more and more lenient toward their clients.
