1.  And if anyone thinks this is a soft option - try a cliff-top route with a storm blowing.

2.  Is community service just a soft option for criminals?

3.  It argued that these were not soft options but properly applied would be tough penalties which aided the battle to reduce crime.

4.  Just one proviso and it is one that everyone in our industry knows ... this business is no soft option.

5.  Probation should in no sense be seen as a soft option by the judiciary.

6.  Some people think that studying languages instead of sciences is a soft option.

7.  The job of chairman can no longer be regarded as a convenient soft option.

8.  The regime at Latchmere could be seen as a soft option.

9.  Just one proviso and it is one that everyone in our industry knows... this business is no soft option.