Voorbeelden van soft-pedalling

• I can only assume that they are soft-pedalling on the whole of these processes; and we do not care very much for that attitude.

• Are there any other policies of soft-pedalling action on illegal immigration?

• I should like to emphasise that there is no soft-pedalling going on.

• I suspect that the fact that paragraph 18 is not stressed more represents an attitude of soft-pedalling on the question of speed.

• There have been at least three, if we include those about soft-pedalling on illegal immigration and asylum.

• It was quite clear that he was still intent upon the soft-pedalling of the emergency which is coming up before us.

• His method of soft-pedalling the whole thing and indicating it as something of very little importance was extremely skilful and well done.