The phrase "a soft stance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a gentle or lenient position on an issue, often in discussions about policies or opinions.
Example: "The government has taken a soft stance on immigration, focusing on integration rather than strict enforcement."
Alternatives: "a lenient approach" or "a gentle position".
The U.S. intelligence branches had not yet turned up evidence that Castro or his followers were Communists, and, given Batista's brutality, some American officials were developing a soft stance toward the rebels.
He added that school officials were not taking a soft stance on the girls accused of being involved, even though some had problems classified under state special-education law as behavioral disabilities.
Politicians and editorial writers said that Taiwan could not afford to suffer in silence out of fear of antagonizing the United States, an ally of the Philippines, and that a soft stance would only mean further international marginalization of the self-governing island, which China considers a renegade province and which enjoys formal diplomatic relations with few countries.
Radical, in this case, means simply taking a soft stance on birth control and homosexual rights.
In an exclusive interview with Press TV on Tuesday night, Mojtaba Samareh-Hashemi said that Obama originally took a soft stance on the results of Iran's presidential election but then was forced by the Zionists and the US neoconservatives to make tough comments about Iran.
There are signs that some candidates have begun tacking toward a softer stance.
The attitude to the WTO application could provide the first tangible evidence of a softer stance.
He has a new technician running his skiing and a softer stance on the introduction of new rules regulating giant slalom skis.
His departure could leave certain aspects of the cross-border plan in the hands of someone with a softer stance toward the banks.
Steinbrenner took a softer stance on Giambi, who has a strained left hamstring and missed the past four games but was the designated hitter today.
On Tuesday Khamenei used the expression "heroic leniency", which is being interpreted as a euphemism for a softer stance on foreign policy.
