Sentence examples for soft excuses from inspiring English sources

The reasons that could contribute to inertia are doctors overestimating the quality of the care they actually provide, lack of training, and use of "soft excuses" to avoid intervention [ 22].

It's just a bit of a soft excuse, really".

It's just a bit of a soft excuse really".

On arriving at Mari Vanna, a new Russian restaurant in Knightsbridge, the waiter handed us a menu and said, "This is a soft opening, so please excuse us if there is a wait for dishes or things go wrong".

Mr Cameron said this government was being braver stating there would be "no more excuses for failure; no more soft exams and soft discipline.

When President Obama listed empathy as a valuable trait for a justice during his 2009 search to replace David Souter, the idea drew scorn from some conservatives who saw it as an excuse for being soft.

A friend's upcoming birthday made a good excuse to pick up a soft scarf in muted green and red.

But for soft drinks, she says, there is no excuse for the presence of pesticides, since the technology exists to clean the water quite cheaply.