Sentence examples for relative leniency from inspiring English sources

But the government appears to have treated Friday's protests with relative leniency.

Britain's lure, it seems, lies in the relative leniency of its immigration policy.

The relative leniency of the sentence imposed on Mr. Breivik, the worst criminal modern Scandinavia has known, is no anomaly.

Others point to renewed contacts between Hamas and Cairo as a source of relative leniency toward Sinai's Islamists".

Such cynicism has lately been strengthened by the arrest of a dozen opposition activists, following a period of relative leniency.

Between the wars Mohandas Gandhi's passive-resistance campaigns had crystallized Indian nationalism, which was nurtured in part by the relative leniency of British rule.

George Wallace — no relation to Henry — another other Southern populist to whom Trump draws frequent comparisons, blamed his own (relative) racial leniency for his loss in Alabama's 1958 Democratic gubernatorial primary and reportedly told an aide that he would "never be outniggered again".

When Rasputin was murdered in December 1916, Victoria and Kirill signed a letter along with other relatives asking the Tsar to show leniency to Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, one of those implicated in the murder.

Many have told HuffPost they are borrowing money from relatives, seeking out interest-free loans, asking for leniency from their landlords and eliminating any unnecessary entertainment, like movies and dining out. .

Judge Werlein remarked on the many letters from friends, relatives and former colleagues attesting to their character and requesting leniency.

Letters urging leniency keep arriving at Judge Gary L. Sharpe's chambers from friends, relatives and former colleagues.