take the soft option

Where safety is concerned, we should never take the soft option.

So often in my life, where I've made a mistake, it has been by taking the soft option.

Many of us are taking the soft option and stocking up on metallic textiles.

It never comes from taking the soft options.

For the helm I took the soft option of using a ship's wheel from the scrap box.

"In deference to tomorrow's activities, perhaps we'll take the soft option and stick to margaritas," Mark said.

He took the soft option and retreated with as much dignity as could be mustered.

“Every government, regardless of political stripe, takes the soft option and devalues our currency.

But that attitude leads to stagnation, particularly for the budding entrepreneur, who can always take the softer option of staying in the day job.

'We take the soft option.

But I don't expect Hamilton to take the soft option so I'll back him to win – £10 at 13-5 with Sportingbet.

I took the soft option of the run at Sandown ... at least it furthers his education.

Having taken his political and personal risks in the two war zones and in Israel, he was taking the soft option by heading west to Europe.

A match with the newly-crowned WBC champion would silence the critics who accuse him of forever taking the soft option.

Perhaps that was the reason why he couldn't let go: run for cover, take the soft option - and why he also felt so torn and confused.

We've taken the softer option, if it warrants things down the line then well and good, but the main thing we'll be looking at is (this) afternoon and Sunday morning how she pulls up.

“I could have taken the soft option and fought a warm-up opponent, but I need to get back in the ring with a fantastic victory over an unbeaten opponent like Quillin.’’

ASTON VILLA Brett Holman took the soft option by leaving the Villans after one difficult year in the Premier League.

The real problem is the hypocrisy and weakness of many European leaders, who prefer to take the soft option of relying on NATO rather than ask their citizens to consent to financial, economic or political sacrifices.

This is an extract from a piece (Why we must not take the soft option) in London's Daily Telegraph newspaper, written by Lucinda Green, who has won Badminton six times, more than any other rider.

"We believe that Kent County Council has taken the softest option possible, seeking to minimise opposition by selecting an area considered by them as peripheral to both Ashford and Shepway," Mr Wood added.

I can feel the gears begin to clash as they go in and I am determined to treat Chris' gearbox with kid-gloves, so more than once I take the soft option and choose third for slower corners.

Asked if the refs had taken the soft option by sin-binning two players from each team, Sterling said: "I wouldn't have been happy but I would have copped Trent Merrin going to the bin for 10 minutes.

With the average cost of a bar split in Belfast hitting the £1.50 mark taking the soft option is not necessarily a cheap night out and the firm is offering the free drinks as an added incentive for drivers to make the responsible choice.

I could not easily go up the Gentle Annie and grovel down from Mountain House to the Atiwhakatu Track so I took the soft option and traveled all the way along the Atiwhakatu with Matt.