After reviewing the changes, advocates of a ban on soft money said that while some provisions had been tightened, large loopholes remain.

There is a large loophole, however, that needs to be closed.

The history of welfare reform is filled with measures that sounded strict but turned out to have large loopholes.

Well, those cozy gatherings are still very much alive, thanks to a large loophole in the law that both parties are happy to march through.

But critics in the academic world and at nonprofit groups point to large loopholes in the plan.

The House bill professes to do so but leaves large new loopholes.

Ms. Benstock says the time limit is a large and potentially devastating loophole.

This contains a large loophole, which I would like to highlight once again.

But Indian officials said the offer left too large a loophole for the guerrillas to continue fighting if they considered their security imperiled.

Critics feared that it left the president a large loophole by allowing him to set specific interrogation techniques.