Sentence examples for modest offenses from inspiring English sources
Suitors might be wary of his inconsistency and, as Sweeny Murti of WFAN Radio noted to me over dinner Sunday night, Jimenez's good fortune is pitching in a division loaded with big ballparks and modest offenses.
So far, only two of these cases have been referred to the military court for possible trial, and they concern the relatively modest offenses of "hooliganism" and mishandling weapons.
— As the Chicago Bears' defense terrorizes offenses around the N.F.L., piling up turnovers and scoring touchdowns at a rate a modest offense might find impressive, a mantra has emerged at Halas Hall, the team's practice site.
Fourth, he plays shortstop, a position that demands just modest offense and so, his legend aside, he will be less prone to be replaced even if his production declines.
Contraventions are minor offenses.
Drury's skill on face-offs will be welcome — the Rangers are second from bottom in the N.H.L. in face-off winning percentage at 44.8 — but his modest production on offense could be a problem.
Otherwise, when it came to everyday police work — traffic control, domestic disputes, minor drug offenses, shoplifting, bar fights — not much happened in Wallkill that a bunch of buffed-out Barney Fifes with a modest level of training couldn't handle.
King completed 10 of 11 passes for 104 yards in what was a modest debut for the offense the Bucs are installing after failing to score a touchdown in last season's National Football Conference championship game.
"So the whole thing was quite troubling to me and I think it's very difficult to reconcile the two positions that one day he's a terrible risk to the national security and the next day they're making a plea agreement for an offense far more modest than what had been alleged".
Senator Joe Simitian, Democrat of Palo Alto, wrote both bills, which include modest fines of $20 for a first offense and $50 for the second.
A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress earlier this year offered only modest reforms to the draconian system of federal sentencing for drug offenses, including the mandatory minimums that have been used to throw even lower-level dealers in prison for decades.
