1.   Although the auctioneer has a system for users to rate one another, eBay has come under fire for lax enforcement.

2.   And he attacks President Clinton for what he called lax enforcement of drug laws.

3.   Arentz believes that lax enforcement of domestic bootlegging will hurt the industry abroad, where piracy has been an even bigger problem.

4.   Bush, in explaining his opposition to new gun-control laws as a presidential candidate, has criticized the Clinton administration for lax enforcement of existing gun laws.

5.   But federal officials and several health care economists said most hospitals were well aware of the standards and merely took advantage of lax enforcement.

6.   But many governments, from New York state to the town hall in Cheshire, Conn., have taken advantage of lax enforcement standards to flout the deadline.

7.   Complex bankruptcy laws and lax enforcement in Indonesia make it difficult for creditors to seize assets.

8.   Conservationists say there is lax enforcement of environmental laws by Egyptian authorities.

9.   Critics also fault the authorities for lax enforcement of fire codes in cybercafes and other public places.

10.   Deep-rooted problems include secrecy in how the government buys products and sets trade policy, and lax enforcement of copyrights and patents, Barshefsky said.