Example sentences of "take the easy [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sartre considered that orthodox dialectical materialism takes the easy way out by merely eliminating the first in favour of the second , making man a passive product entirely determined by economic circumstances . |
| 2 | It was because he was so alert , so curious about the world , about books and films , that Ghatak could never take the easy way out . |
| 3 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 4 | It would take the easy way and go for the baited foot laid out for it … |
| 5 | It may just be an extremist minority within a minority that would take offence , but one company told PEN it would rather just take the easy way out and not have pigs . |
| 6 | I seem to think you should take the easy bit , cos that 's gon na be miles too hard ! |
| 7 | They chose to dismantle themselves and start from scratch all over again , rather than take the easy route of formulaic consolidation of their position . |
| 8 | Rather than take the easy route of making populist entertainment , she is now doing all she can — even press interviews — to persuade the audience to come to her . |
| 9 | Posterity , perhaps , will take the easy answer : that he contemned me because I was contemptible , and that since he was a great genius his judgment must have been correct . |
| 10 | The less energetic could take the easy walk to the cable car and ride to the summit of Mount Mottarone . |
| 11 | But you should never take the easy option . |
| 12 | Or will governors consider taking the easy way out ( and the cheapest ) and appoint a local teacher , who has perhaps proved an adequate supply teacher in the recent past ? |
| 13 | She had watched him working delicately on the door , with all the attention to detail of the perfectionist , and had known him to be the sort who got what he wanted in life through hard work , never by taking the easy way out . |
| 14 | ‘ Taking the easy way out again , Robyn ? ’ he sneered , making her jump violently after the empty silence . |
| 15 | Think of all the opportunities that are available each day to walk , instead of taking the easy option by using cars , buses , taxis and trains . |
| 16 | RACING pigeon Lucky took the easy route from Malta to Britain … flying on a holiday jet in her owner 's duty-free bag . |
| 17 | Most of us took the easy way out and accepted a helicopter ride back to Kleine Scheidegg , but Drummond and eight others stayed on top for an all-night vigil . |
| 18 | I took the easy way out . |
| 19 | I reckon he just took the easy way out . ’ |
| 20 | The first Gothic writers took the easy way . |
| 21 | One can only speculate that the GMC took the easy option and avoided testing the issue of clinical ecology head on because it feared a lengthy presentation of evidence on both sides , with the risk of an inconclusive result . |
| 22 | The desert was an unforgiving place , but their training had equipped them to cope , when at any time they could have taken the easy way out and walked down to the coast road to surrender . |
| 23 | I 've never taken the easy way out , I 'll have you know . |
| 24 | It sounded as if her plans had changed at the last minute and , embarrassed by all the trouble Andrew had gone to on her behalf , she had taken the easy way out by returning the keys without a message . |
| 25 | He could of course have taken the easy option and given himself up , or laid up along the coast somewhere until the advancing Eighth Army caught up with him . |
| 26 | Having bought a machine equipped with its operating system , many take the easy route and buy its applications software too . |
| 27 | But these days , if it looks as if it 's going to be nasty , I take the easy way out . |
| 28 | ‘ They always take the easy way out . ’ |
| 29 | If you take the easy way you will have failed , and nothing will save you then , not your skill , not your determination or righteousness , and not your luck because that will have turned against you . |
| 30 | She thought , child of an experimental scientist that she was , that she would make the test for herself and not take the easy way out of asking those experts in all matters Anglican , Theodora and Ian . |