Sentence examples for may be lenient from inspiring English sources

While some militias may be lenient, others can be harsh, and there is no military police organisation to enforce standards of conduct.

But it would probably be hard: finance ministers of the 11 countries due to merge their currencies in the new year have been impressed by Mr Papantoniou during his four years as Mr Drachma and may be lenient if Greece is on the border-line to meet the criteria.

Though the mood in India is one of alarm, pundits take the view that the army will be "far too busy grappling with internal dynamics" to threaten India now.The Americans may be tempering their first hostile response; if General Musharraf gives military rule a civilian face, outside reaction may well be lenient.

If you have any blemish on your record, smaller landlords may be more lenient, especially for renters able to pay more upfront.

Some have said that such lawyers may be more lenient on the companies they investigate in the hopes of getting a job later on.

Peruvian prosecutors said they would seek a sentence of life in prison for the former spy chief, but they have hinted that they may be more lenient if he agrees to cooperate in other investigations.

Annette Nazareth, a commissioner at America's Securities and Exchange Commission (which supervises investment banks), says there are "rumblings" that non-American banks trying to build up their prime-brokerage arms, through which they supply hedge funds with credit and other facilities, may be offering lenient credit terms.

The N.H.L. has made strides on concussions in many areas, but cases like Letang's and Landeskog's suggest that even the league's current protocol for concussion assessment may be too lenient, allowing players to return to the ice too soon after a jarring hit to the head.

However, if you have sympathetic facts like an inherited account, chances are the IRS may be more lenient.

"Mrs Carroll, through Mr Givan MLA has asked the Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory QC, to review the sentence to decide whether or not it is appropriate for him to exercise his power under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to refer the sentence to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that it may be unduly lenient," they said.

Mokeichev et al. (2007) further argued that our shuffling method may be too lenient in that trivial repeats comprised of just two PSCs/PSPs, possibly produced by the stereotypical firing pattern of a single presynaptic neuron, would be destroyed by our shuffling method; we agree with this argument as well.