1.   In general, the rules are more lenient than some standards used by local canvassing boards last year.

2.   State laws on possessing and transferring firearms are more lenient than laws governing firearm purchases by minors.

3.   Still, analysts said, the penalties were more lenient than expected and should not result in red ink.

4.   These standards, to the dismay of health maintenance organizations, might be more lenient than government rules to which HMOs are subject.

5.   Though both agencies use the same criteria to review mergers, the Justice Department in the recent past has been considered more lenient than the FTC.

6.   To begin with, the labor laws governing live-in workers are far more lenient than similar laws governing other kinds of workers.

7.   Students interpreted that as a concession, apparently expecting the universities to be more lenient than the government.

8.   The capital sports concealed-weapon laws more lenient than Texas.

9.   The FCC will have a chance to rewrite those cable limits too, likely making them more lenient than the previous caps.

10.   However, the law is slightly more lenient than draft measures introduced several months ago by conservative deputies.