Sentence examples for smaller penalty from inspiring English sources

While Barclays secured a modestly smaller penalty, the bank still paid record fines.

Citigroup did not make a similar acknowledgment and paid a much smaller penalty even though it directly profited on the transaction, which was not the case with Goldman.

If not, and the bidder doubts that the bid can be fulfilled in play, the bidder may concede immediately for a smaller penalty.

The fact that consumers happily pay this considerable fee suggests that they wouldn't be bothered by the vastly smaller penalty that rounding to the nearest nickel might entail.

Prosecutors and Treasury officials will also assess a smaller penalty because the bank came forward voluntarily with information about its transactions and compliance with United States sanctions, according to the law enforcement officials.

A damaged peripheral duct induces a smaller penalty than a damaged duct that is situated close to the center of the network.

While the state has stiff penalties for those who cut down trees illegally for timber harvesting, those who do so for development purposes face comparatively smaller penalties, according to the environmental department.

A fall usually results in a full mark being knocked off your score, with smaller penalties for other minor errors such as stepping a foot out of bounds during the floor routine.

The main feature of these frontiers was that the penalty that maximised long-term rates of genetic gain realised almost as much short-term genetic gain as OCS at smaller penalties.

Each deck varied on expected outcome [two decks are composed of quick high gains and high losses (disadvantageous decks) or low gains and low losses (advantageous decks)] and in frequency of penalties (two decks have frequent, smaller penalties, while the other two decks have infrequent, large penalties).

He said the "relatively small" penalty made it "unnecessary" to go to court.