Sentence examples for lightly accept from inspiring English sources

A strong vote against Mr. Ashcroft would also signal Mr. Bush that the Senate will not lightly accept a Supreme Court nominee with extreme views.

But as the Seabrook controversy shows, nonprofits must tread lightly when accepting help from some possibly ethically challenged elected because they might come with a string or two attached.

"These debates are not the property of the politicians and I do not believe the public will accept lightly the prospect of any politician seeking to block them".

A Hamas takeover attempt in the West Bank is not something Israel would accept lightly, and the army would most likely turn its attention from riot control to something far more lethal.

The Nation is an incredibly authoritarian organisation, which does not tolerate dissidence or accept criticism lightly.

Germans don't accept you lightly, but once you become their friend, you are in their hearts forever.

The sculptures invite you to taste: but this is not an invitation to be accepted lightly.

But the good taste of a generation is the individual expression of its mental fastidiousness, and we must resent a slur on the quality of our taste as too personal a criticism to be accepted lightly.

It was trying and eye-opening and the increases that our efforts contributed to should not be accepted lightly.

"Some of our colleagues seem to take this duty very lightly, or for granted, and refuse to accept that responsibility".

But Europeans have never been willing to accept, for example, the kind of lightly regulated labor markets that Americans take for granted.