The harbour entrance from Plimmerton or Mana is popular with experienced windsurfers and kitesurfers while beginners find the shallow enclosed waters of the Pauatahanui arm of the harbour a forgiving environment in which to develop their skills.

Thus, he said, the emphasis on ethics, because graduates of the war college will be operating in a "less forgiving" environment at higher levels.

"Look, microgravity is actually a pretty forgiving environment for an old man."

The numerous awards, achievements, and opportunities available to Civil Air Patrol cadets allows them to foster their leadership in an academic and forgiving environment.

Surf's Up was a more forgiving environment.

ABC's strategy for the spring is also oriented toward giving a group of higher-risk shows some quick exposure in a more forgiving environment.

Being a power-generating company has become a high-risk business in one of the least forgiving environments of all: Wall Street.

It's a very forgiving environment.

With soaring coffered ceilings, towering spires and seating for more than 5,000 spectators, the structure offers the sort of forgiving environment that allows large groups to pull out all the stops and still maintain technical precision.

"The rural Southeast is a much less forgiving environment in which to drive than, say, Arizona or Iowa," said Simon Washington, a civil engineering professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology who recently studied the region's high fatality rate.