Sentence examples similar to lenient provision from inspiring English sources

Its most lenient provisions allowed the deadlines to be evaded indefinitely; all that was required was that the state and the sugar industry show that they were making their best efforts.

Deals light on covenants are nothing new, yet both still-recovering companies managed to arrange debt with the more lenient provisions reserved for those with far less risk of missing payments.

In 2002, the old lenient system whereby banks provisioned just 1% of their loans regardless of risk, was replaced by a five-tier classification tying the size of the provision to loan quality.

Both Congress and NSF's Inspector General, its in-house watchdog, have criticized the agency for being too lenient with its cost-sharing provision.

Some environmental groups said that the proposals were too lenient and that they subverted the original provisions of the Clean Air Act of 1990.

In the late 20th century, several European countries had special provisions in their criminal codes for lenient sentencing and the consideration of extenuating circumstances in prosecutions for euthanasia.

Officials of other states skeptical of the agreement, which included Connecticut and California, spent the afternoon in a late-stage effort to persuade Microsoft and the Justice Department to reopen the proposed settlement to eliminate a variety of ambiguities and provisions that the states viewed as too lenient, lawyers involved in the negotiations said.

Qutayba initially granted surprisingly lenient terms: the payment of an annual tribute and the provision of an auxiliary corps as with Bukhara and Khwarizm, as well as the construction of a mosque inside the city and the celebration of prayers there by the Arab army.

Prosecutors say the provision benefits defendants by letting jurors know that a judge can impose a more lenient sentence.

While judges would still have some authority to order more lenient sentences in certain circumstances, Representative Tom Feeney, the Florida Republican who sponsored this misguided proposal, included provisions that would require the Justice Department to report to Congress practically every time a judge did so.

Britain looks particularly lenient.