Sentence examples for overly lenient from inspiring English sources

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But the New York proposals, if anything, are overly lenient.

Many observers deemed the punishment to be overly lenient.

Conversely, if the government is overly lenient in backing loans, taxpayers could be put at risk.

But prosecutors and animal rights groups are criticizing the sentence as overly lenient.

The initial response to the candidates' statements was somewhat mixed, with some G.O.P. voters complaining that Walker's twenty-four-hour window for deporting babies was overly lenient.

In the following years, HUD continued to draw attention in the news media and among consumer advocates for an overly lenient posture toward the housing industry.

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"The MSC's principles for sustainable fishing are too lenient and discretionary, and allow for overly generous interpretation by third-party certifiers and adjudicators, which means that the MSC label may be misleading both consumers and conservation funders," the paper, published on Friday, said.

Was he too lenient?

Too Lenient b.

The court deemed the sentence too lenient.

But he is sometimes too lenient.

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