Sentences with phrase «as slaps on the wrist»

The FTC's enforcement measures, which are relegated to fines and consent orders, have largely been dismissed as slaps on the wrist for the multibillion - dollar tech companies.

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Who'd like to bet it'll the same old story once again — a slap on the wrist and they'll be back to «business as usual» in a couple of months?

You can avoid the slaps on the wrist if you had at least as much income tax withheld this year as last (unless you make more than $ 150,000, in which case you have to hold back at least 110 percent of the prior year's withholding).

They got the slap on the wrists they deserved as a wake up call to the real world, which is very very skiddish about people practicing foreign religions on an airplane in public.

In December 2016, in a case where (as with the detergent) Bella Vista could've walked away with a relatively meaningless fine and a slap on the wrist, the Fresh Food People changed tack, staring down Sims over unconscionable conduct charges.

However, as noted in the report from the Sun, Monreal had supposedly risked breaking «strict piracy laws», and it was claimed that he would have to remove the video and had already potentially done enough to earn a slap on the wrists from Instagram.

As for Barcelona chasing Bellerin Arsenal should report them to FIFA for «tapping up» at the very least unsettling the player mind you as it is Barcelona just a slap on the wrist would be the punishmentAs for Barcelona chasing Bellerin Arsenal should report them to FIFA for «tapping up» at the very least unsettling the player mind you as it is Barcelona just a slap on the wrist would be the punishmentas it is Barcelona just a slap on the wrist would be the punishment!!

As though it's an inconvenience to have to give them a little slap on the wrists, when their time could be better spent putting murderers and drug lords away.

Gianaris feels, «Allowing a deep - pocketed investment bank to get away with just a slap on the wrist would be treated as the cost of doing business and would continue to permit the bank to reap the benefits of its illicit profits.

Not much chance of that, of course, as Harman - school - lmarm again - slaps Hague on the wrist for «talking down the economy».

A luxury hotel magnate and Clinton family friend avoided jail time Thursday as a Brooklyn federal judge gave him a slap on the wrist for illegally raising campaign cash for...

Be careful when holding the pads that you don't slap down on the punch as it will increase the risk of injuring the wrist!

And while We Happy Few may imitate the Bioshock series in some ways, they do differ in the gameplay department as permadeath is a foundation of the experience unlike in Bioshock where death was more of a temporary slap on the wrist by a nun who could not be bothered to put any real effort into her swing.

(This slap on the wrist is a nice final joke — or «button,» to comedy writers — but doubling as satire, it also points to the way in which rich white men are treated when caught with drugs.)

On many older designs you can hear the piston slapping within the cylinder as it rocks back and forth on the wrist piOn many older designs you can hear the piston slapping within the cylinder as it rocks back and forth on the wrist pion the wrist pin.

This was my first lap piloting the freshly announced 2015 Subaru WRX STI «round Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, my frustration increasing exponentially with each turn as I balanced trying not to bully the poor guy with wondering how bad of a slap on the wrist I'd get from our hosts for blowing past him at this no - passing - allowed exhibition event.

He's taken to a remote community led by a charismatic counter-cultural sociopath known as Freeboot who's obsessed with the supposed hidden messages buried within old Beatles lyrics and the disintegration of workers» rights, the escalating differential between the haves and the have - nots, and the slap - on - the - wrist «justice» doled out in cases of billion - dollar corporate malfeasance.

And when the issue involves anti-trust violations and price fixing, it can seem like it's not enough for the government to slap you on the wrist, if damages in the ball park of $ 266 million to $ 500 million can be seen as a little slap.

And when the issue involves anti-trust violations and price fixing, it can seem like it's not enough for the government to slap you on the wrist, if damages in the ball park of $ 266 million to $ 500 million can be seen as a little... [Read more...]

Tuesday's decision by the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to suspend self - proclaimed cat - killer Kristen Lindsey's license to practice veterinary medicine for one year has left animal advocates and animal welfare groups such as Alley Cat Allies and the Animal Legal Defense Fund extremely disappointed, viewing it as a simply a «slap on the wrist.»

Mandatory jail time (not just a slap on the wrist) for animal abusers as well.

Paper promises in the form of policy and legislative mechanisms are good and well; but as experience has taught us, paper promises are 90 % of the time just that, lovely forms of references when monitoring a state's adherence to international agreements or even local law, but the lack of monitoring and enforcement barely happens and if at all with «sweetheart - slap - on - the - wrist» penalisation of polluters.

Retract the paper themselves, explain as best they can (mistake by unnamed assistant...) but take responsibility and apologize and hope for just a slap on the wrist.

So they're just a slap on the wrist for the collection agencies, which see this as just a cost of doing business.