Sentence examples for easier ties from inspiring English sources

The other English clubs, having topped their groups, have, on paper at least, been handed easier ties.

Even during their superb European run last year, it was against the biggest powers that they hit the top of their game, and in the apparently easier ties that they looked in most danger.

Wenger, who was Monaco manager from 1987-94, had urged caution when Arsenal were drawn against them but this was one of the easier ties the Gunners could have been handed.

We chose to do it in Chad: it was easier, tied our hands less, and was politically less sensitive than doing something in Sudan.

On paper it appears an easier tie than the previous one against Lillestrom yet Butt's two goals against Villarreal last weekend came after defensive lapses that Roeder hopes were "a wake-up call".

Ramos, who insisted his decision to leave out Younes Kaboul was down to rotation, needs no telling that Spurs will not encounter an easier tie in Europe this season.

"It's nice that if we did get through we've got the seeding and a slightly easier tie," Millar told BBC Scotland.

Take your left loose hair and gather it in your left hand.If it makes it any easier, tie the base of your left loose hair with a hair bow before starting.

"The FA Cup never brings easy ties," Martínez said.

No one particularly wants to return to the days when only champions and holders contested the major European title – that system tended to produce too many easy ties for big clubs in the early stages and there were not enough participants to make real money – yet between that pared-down concept and the bloated tedium we have now there ought to be a happy medium.

"This isn't an easy tie," he said.