Sentences with phrase «big slap on our wrists»

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I think I saw this on MSNBC the other night.Seems like the Penn State officials have too much baucarerucy when it comes to reporting crimes on campus and that they're too big to jail like how the Wall Streeters have been getting off easy not even with a slap on the wrist (for now).

There's no percentage in trying to psychoanalyze the big - hitting buffoon from Bagdad; instead we'll let Bishop, ever so gently, slap Watson on the wrist for his juvenile, less than charitable behavior.

Because if any part of this case is successful, and the NCAA merely gives UNC a slap on the wrist, the NCAA could have much bigger problems than UNC down the road.

«But in a telling omission, the regulators didn't say how big the fines they will assess might be — making it impossible to judge whether the action amounts to more than a slap on the wrist.»

On the contrary, they may see large organisations with very deep pockets, like Rolls - Royce, buying their way out of trouble, walking away from court with a great big financial slap on the wrists, while no past or present Rolls - Royce employee or director goes to prison for offences running into tens or possibly hundreds of millions of poundOn the contrary, they may see large organisations with very deep pockets, like Rolls - Royce, buying their way out of trouble, walking away from court with a great big financial slap on the wrists, while no past or present Rolls - Royce employee or director goes to prison for offences running into tens or possibly hundreds of millions of poundon the wrists, while no past or present Rolls - Royce employee or director goes to prison for offences running into tens or possibly hundreds of millions of pounds.

The penalties for violations are much worse than a slap on the wrist or even a big fine — accounting infractions can lead to disbarment.

But YouTube barely gives its biggest creators a slap on the wrist when they majorly screw up.