adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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With regard to crimes that are known about, the police and courts may be more lenient with female offenders.
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That is a nearly four-fold increase over the number who lost out under the old, more lenient rules.
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In the mid 1970s Soviet emigration policies became more lenient .
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The students argued that the school discriminated against them by applying more lenient standards to minority applicants.
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This would be reflected in a more lenient sentence of 30 months.
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Federal agencies are more lenient that in the past.
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It is curious to note how much more lenient society is to the cheat than to the spoil-sport.
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He will press for stricter, not more lenient , pollution controls.
too
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Many argue that such an appeal by the Crown against too lenient a sentence is simply not cricket.
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Paul who were supposedly too earthly in their pastoral concerns and too lenient in enforcing doctrine and liturgical standards.
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In the view of the Court the sentence was too lenient .
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Stacey Koon was too lenient , in violation of federal sentencing guidelines.
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They are too lenient: that makes it flattering.
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While supporting change to allow the Crown the right of appeal against too lenient sentences, I would advocate another change.
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Your father's too lenient to people like Tommaso.
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Without question, many judges and sheriffs are far too lenient in sentencing people found guilty of violent crimes.
unduly
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Special considerations: the Attorney General invited the Court to review the sentence on the ground that it was unduly lenient .
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The judge agreed that it was unduly lenient .
■ NOUN
sentence
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Hanging would seem quite a lenient sentence considering the enormity of his crime in those harsh old days.
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This would be reflected in a more lenient sentence of 30 months.
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Ian Dobkin, defending, asked for a lenient sentence .
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Since 1988 the Crown has also been able to appeal in certain circumstances against lenient sentences .
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While supporting change to allow the Crown the right of appeal against too lenient sentences , I would advocate another change.
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Prosecutors asked for lenient sentences of between six and 10 years because they accepted the defendants were following orders.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a very lenient sentence
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He was given a comparatively lenient fine.
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His parents are too lenient with him.
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Some police officers have criticized judges for being too lenient with car thieves and burglars.
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The prosecution lawyer challenged the sentence as being unduly lenient .
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The younger teachers generally had a more lenient attitude towards their students.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a hundred miles he grew lenient and took out bread-and-butter sandwiches from the back of the car.
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He will press for stricter, not more lenient , pollution controls.
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In the mid 1970s Soviet emigration policies became more lenient .
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Many argue that such an appeal by the Crown against too lenient a sentence is simply not cricket.
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People say she was lenient with me.
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That is a nearly four-fold increase over the number who lost out under the old, more lenient rules.
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With regard to crimes that are known about, the police and courts may be more lenient with female offenders.