By the 2nd century BC, several large but loosely administered Berber kingdoms had emerged.

Rome was a city largely in ruins, and the Papal States were a loosely administered region with little law and order.

But the program was loosely administered, sometimes letting students take remedial courses for years on end.

Rome was a city of ancient ruins, and the Papal States were loosely administered, and vulnerable to external interference such as that of France and later Spain.

Central America was a loosely administered colony.

Mr. Cuomo contends that his agency acted aggressively; critics say the program was so loosely administered that fraud was inevitable.

The Sudan had been a territory loosely administered by Egypt, but in the 1880s it had fallen to the forces of the Mahdi.

Aden became a separate British colony and the other areas were administered loosely as the Aden Protectorate (later called Protectorate of South Arabia).

Besides, the city could recover some of the cost from a loosely administered Federal emergency housing program.

Before that, the law had been very loosely administered.