• Similar cost-saving measures could be adopted in other parts of Europe, where licence conditions allow or regulators can be persuaded to be lenient.

    ECONOMIST: Only fakirs need apply

  • Barca were not in the mood to be lenient and after Messi curled a 30-yard free-kick narrowly wide and forced Pyatov to catch his cheeky chip, they doubled their advantage.

    BBC: Barcelona 5-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

  • And while the Inland Revenue is being told to be lenient on farmers suffering just now, it may get unluckier yet when normal sales eventually resume and the taxman starts hunting for luckpennies to tax.

    ECONOMIST: Farmers

  • On Tuesday the Commons meets at 11.30am for Foreign Office questions, and before MPs move on to the Succession Bill (see above) there's a Ten Minute Rule Bill from the Conservative Gareth Johnson, who wants prosecutors to be able to appeal against sentences believed to be too lenient, in a greater range of cases.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • Another piece of advice is to not be lenient on friends or even family.

    FORBES: Getting Paid

  • "While some employers tend to be more lenient with worker punctuality, 30 percent say they have terminated an employee for being late, " said Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources for CareerBuilder.com.

    CNN: Twelve amusing excuses for being late to work

  • All too many Muslims fail to understand Islam, which teaches one to be kind and lenient towards others and to recognize their value systems, by adopting an attitude of tolerance that Islam itself mandates.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Ex-president of Indonesia speaks at CSP press conf

  • Mariko Oi, the BBC's correspondent in Tokyo, said that the penalty was seen to be "quite lenient".

    BBC: Nomura told to bolster controls after trading flaws

  • Lord Gill went on to say that he considered the starting point of nine years to be "unduly lenient".

    BBC: Care home rapist Stephen Murray has sentence increased

  • An appeal is to be launched into the "lenient" sentence of a taxi driver who murdered an office worker in Swindon.

    BBC: Christopher Halliwell

  • But the FA are refusing to comment on the case and clarify whether a more lenient punishment can be sought for social drugs, as opposed to performancing enhacing drugs, as Taylor suggests.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | My Club | Chelsea | Mutu admits cocaine test failure

  • Government-subsidized insurance programs have been far too lenient in allowing homes to be built and rebuilt in risky areas, resulting in enormous exposure for taxpayers.

    FORBES: Preparing For The Next Sandy

  • Seeming somewhat lenient with regard to the level of stress that banks will be tested for, traders were optimistic that virtually all banks would pass and markets would be calmed.

    FORBES: Euro Higher As Stress Over Bank Tests Fades

  • Burglary or dangerous driving cannot currently be subject to a prosecution appeal, even where a prosecutor believes that the sentence was too lenient.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • And whereas some observers criticise the Fund for trying to be too tough since the collapse, others argue that fear of one of its largest debtors defaulting made it too lenient.

    ECONOMIST: The IMF and Argentina

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