Sentence examples for forgiving standards from inspiring English sources

IN the five years we've been married, my husband, Richard, and I have seldom been home long enough for our place to get dirty, at least by the forgiving standards we've developed independently over many years of being single.

Mr. Harrower's title is a dark joke of the cosmic variety, since being good with people is, by his severe but forgiving standards, an unobtainable virtue.

Even by the forgiving standards of New York City politics, it sounds improbable: a governor felled by a prostitution scandal entering a race for citywide office with just four days left until qualifying petitions are due.

EVEN by the forgiving standards of Tony Blair, the resurrection of Peter Mandelson, the close friend whom the prime minister had to remove from his cabinet twice in the government's first term, would require a miracle.

As for a jockey's ongoing battle with weight, more forgiving standards like those adopted in Europe, where riders can carry as much as 10 pounds more than their American counterparts, could help make for a healthier sport.

The most vivid of the book's heroes is Whitfield Diffie -- who, as a student in the 1960's, must have seemed like an oddball, even by the forgiving standards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "He bounded through campus on tiptoe, a weird walk that became an unmistakable signature in motion...

But even under the most forgiving standard, the Defense of Marriage Act clearly violates equal protection.

Even under the most forgiving standard, the Defense of Marriage Act clearly violates equal protection.

A critic might worry that such a policy would drive applicants to competing schools offering the more forgiving standard tuition structure.

Broward County used a more forgiving standard than Palm Beach County, and uncovered almost three times as many new votes, a result markedly disproportionate to the difference in population between the counties.

Ms. Burns added that under the program's more-forgiving standards, more borrowers would qualify for the program than under the previous rules.