Example sentences of "[noun] it is easy [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Application of Kirchhoff 's current law at the input gives where Hence the closed-loop gain can be expressed as while the closed-loop input impedance is With shunt-inserted feedback it is easier to find the output impedance when the input is connected to a source of infinite internal impedance , that is , to a constant-current source is so that .
2 Attempts are made to teach them German but in practice it is easier to teach the factory foreman enough Turkish to communicate with them .
3 On listening to these performances it is easy to understand why .
4 In terms of plate tectonics it is easy to see how regressions can be explained by continental collisions , mountain building and the resultant displacement of water ( figure 8.2 ) .
5 Yet in the excitement of becoming a parent it is easy to forget that for some the impact can be not so dissimilar from that caused by the discovery of a rival lover .
6 Confronted with this sort of attitude it is easy to see why even such a reformer as Butler , who was usually extremely sensitive to the issue of the personal rights of individuals , responded with outrage to attempts to block age-of-consent legislation .
7 Although it is somewhat limited in its applications it is easy to operate and above all it is fun .
8 For those unions organised on a comprehensive , industrial basis it is easy to see that they would be likely to seek bargaining arrangements founded upon the extent of the product market .
9 With the wisdom of hindsight it is easy to say that they should not have tried to raid there in the first place , but success had bred a certain arrogance .
10 With hindsight it is easy to see in an author 's uneven early work the later masterpieces struggling to get out , and it is especially tempting to do this with an author such as Christine Brooke-Rose whose fiction underwent such a dramatic change between 1961 and 1964 .
11 On some days it is easy to eat very little , on others it is difficult to keep to even the most generous diet .
12 By focusing principally on spatial variation and concentration of deprivation it is easy to overlook the processes that underscore these recurrent areal patterns .
13 In early recovery it is easy to develop the enthusiasm equivalent to that of some religious converts and this can be boring or oppressive to other people .
14 With closed questions it is easier to count the replies and perform statistical operations on them , but it is difficult to get at what the respondent really thinks about something .
15 There is more but just this sample suggests the deep and unintelligible waters it is easy to fall into when trying to be explicit about multimedia .
16 His most recent biographer has observed that ‘ because Aymer de Valence held the English earldom of Pembroke and spent his entire career in English service it is easy to forget that in origin he was almost entirely French and that he retained very close links with France throughout his life ’ .
17 If you do have a fairly sophisticated information service it is easy to think that you have all the answers to hand , but this may not be the case .
18 In the UK it is easy to form the impression that if you tried to get a closer look at something like this someone in a uniform would break both of your legs .
19 If the bride 's or groom 's family is in the entertainment professions it is easy to produce a humorous quotation from an actor , singer , movie star , television personality , songwriter , or playwright .
20 As a glue it is easy to use and nearly foolproof .
21 But on the whole it is easy to value paintings by Japanese artists as they paint similar subjects , and new prices are set by the dealers ' auction which takes place once a month at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club , of which most big dealers are members .
22 This suggests that in more favourable employment conditions it is easier to find a permanent job from which to continue one 's job search — in other words , that the search could take place from a more secure base .
23 From a distance it is easy to believe that a child is counting when in fact he is only reciting a number sequence and touching or moving objects at random .
24 When one is a member of any society from a distance it is easy to get a wrong impression about what goes on at headquarters .
25 It is known that the sea is cruel , but it is also humourless , so few laughs are prompted by this book and after some glum pages it is easy to crave even the schoolboy humour of Stephen Leacock 's skit , Soaked in Seaweed .
26 In times of crisis and extreme demand it is easy to overlook the willing horses some of whom may not know their own limitations .
27 In some ways it is easy to share the enthusiasm of the Secretary of State for his new schools , financially independent ( except on the direct grant for students from the DES , paid on a per capita basis ) , yet with a rigidly controlled curriculum .
28 In some ways it is easiest to describe the neighborhood by how its residents deviate from the public standards of the wider community …
29 From the tone of these comments it is easy to see that , for Nietzsche , Wagner 's work was still a problem in urgent need of a solution . "
30 In quantifying the UK 's foreign trade it is easy to think of it as being carried out between independent British and foreign firms .
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