Security around the sumptuous residence of Le Chevalier was somewhat lax because it had never occurred to anyone to attack it.

In Thailand, gun laws are somewhat lax.

If, without the firm hand Martha Cameron used to exert, they became somewhat lax in the performance of their work, these derelictions were not too obvious.

Booth is laid back, jaded with his occupation and somewhat lax in the application of Church policy.

It blooms early-late summer with yellow flowers produced on tall, thin, somewhat lax stems.

The man on the night shift was somewhat lax in duty.

They had killed most firstborns here too, but had been somewhat lax in the outlying provinces, so his family line had escaped.

The Commission was somewhat lax on the question of targets. How many kilograms do we want to collect every year?

One of the causes of disenchantment is the somewhat lax approach to money - European taxpayers' money.

It has been somewhat lax in this, he said, contending that as a result, world opinion, rallied by Japan, had built up against the framework.