Sentence examples for changed lightly from inspiring English sources

"These things only need to be changed lightly and only when they are overwhelmingly out of date".

They say it is still too early to be sure how the new offence of incitement to religious hatred, which applies to all faiths, will operate in practice and that laws which carry "a significant symbolic charge" should not be changed lightly.

This doesn't mean war is coming, just that safeguards that have worked for decades shouldn't be changed lightly.

"We don't make these changes lightly," he wrote, nervously.

We do not advocate change lightly, but all the facts point to the need for reforms now to provide resilient supply security.

In the footnote, the phrase "Upon further reflection" introduced the government's change of position with a formal signal of deliberation to emphasize that the government did not make the change lightly.

Robert Hartwig, president and economist at the industry group, Insurance Information Institute, said the insurance industry isn't taking the risk of climate change lightly, and neither does it plan to lose money from covering those risks.

Defending the increases, NAB's chief operating officer, Antony Cahill, said the bank "did not make the changes lightly" but was forced to do so by the "increasingly challenging environment".

But they won't make changes lightly, so we take them to the wind tunnel to prove to them the benefits.

It would be unwise to treat these changes lightly.

Red, fold change significantly higher; green, fold change significantly lower than control (p < 0.05 by ANOVA); light green, fold change slightly lower compared to controls; light red, fold change lightly higher than control (0.05 < p < 0.1 by ANOVA).