Sentence examples for in relatively petty from inspiring English sources

In fact, powerless, obscure, low-level employees are routinely sentenced to long prison terms for engaging in relatively petty money laundering schemes, unrelated to terrorism, and on a scale that is a tiny fraction of what HSBC and its senior officials are alleged to have done.

Three decades on since PCBH hit our screens and the question of why we continue to lock up some of the most vulnerable and damaged women in society for relatively petty offences has yet to be answered.

In such conditions, local disputes even relatively petty ones between clans and extended families can easily worsen, and become embroiled in broader religious or political fights.

In his case, a personal commitment and a relatively petty amount of cash sufficed to avert tragedy.

Many of those involved in the Paris and Brussels attacks first did short stints behind bars for relatively petty crimes.

One allegation is relatively petty, but it's a beaut.

Many of the thousands who turned out at makeshift altars in front of an ancient palace in central Seoul seemed to feel that Mr. Roh had paid too high a price for a relatively petty infraction.

As to who should make such relatively petty decisions, pragmatism rather than rigidity should be the watchword.

Prosecutors dropped 86 relatively petty allegations including charges that the Koch refinery used improper equipment to handle benzene and in doing so may have strengthened their broader pollution case against the company.

The attacks until now have been relatively petty, but time is short before we see a truly devastating blow.

And today she is in a federal prison, starting a three and a half year sentence after pleading guilty to what some might consider relatively petty crimes.