11.   They see this as a veiled effort at protectionism by rich nations seeking to take away the competitive advantages of lower wage scales and more lax environmental regulations.

12.   Trading has all but dried up in Shenzhen in the last year due to lax regulation and poor performance by most of its companies.

13.   Unlike many of their opponents, they did not establish shadow organizations in states with lax regulations like Virginia.

14.   Organizers said companies on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border have flaunted lax environmental regulations under the year-old NAFTA free trade pact.

15.   Organizers said companies on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border were flaunting lax environmental regulations under the year-old NAFTA free trade pact.

16.   Poisonings from spiked liquor occur periodically in China as profiteers seek to take advantage of lax regulations and an uneducated populace, many of them heavy drinkers.

17.   Authorities suspect Alrababah alerted the hijackers to the opportunity to obtain fraudulent ID cards in the state of Virginia through lax regulations at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

18.   Both debacles led to widespread accusations of lax regulation.

19.   But critics say it already has, abetted by lax regulations, official corruption and a newly opened Mexican economy that makes the masking of illicit gains easier.

20.   Federal investigators say Frankel used pseudonyms and partners to buy small insurance companies in states with reputations for lax insurance regulations.