Sentence examples for given the loophole from inspiring English sources

Given the loophole, it is easy to see why no legislators have been fined by the ethics committee, even after their acceptance of illegal gifts have been documented by the lobbying commission.

What sort of hallucinogen were the rule makers at FASB taking when they dreamed that financial firms would not go over the edge again given the loopholes in the rules?

As we wrote in December, Republicans had vowed to give the loophole-filled rules hell when the Congress turned more Republican in January, first voting to deny the Commission federal funding in February.

The second mortgages have given the banks a loophole: each dollar a bank forgives goes toward fulfilling its obligation under last year's settlement.

It may not work at all — actually, given the rather large loopholes it will contain, it may backfire.

It may not work at all actually, given the rather large loopholes it will contain, it may backfire.

It remains to be seen how well this prohibition can be effectively carried out by the emerging Libyan order, given the likelihood of loopholes in any legal system, but the Libyan approach certainly appears to be a good start on that subject.

Dacian Ciolos, the European Agriculture Commissioner, explained that member states were given the power to close the loophole in 2010.

But, Mr. Sanders said today that "given the loopholes that the Republican Congressional leadership placed in the bill at the request of the pharmaceutical industry, there are serious questions whether the law, as currently written, would have had an impact".

That qualifier amounts to a major loophole, given the media-watching habits of children.

Given the number of existing loopholes and the ease with which people can buy firearms on the Internet, people printing guns might seem like adding a drop of water to an Olympic-size swimming pool.