Example sentences of "easy [to-vb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older people often find it easier to talk of their childhood and early years than their current problems . |
| 2 | Nevertheless the English language seems to find it easier to talk of events rather than processes — and that is the way that we tend to talk . |
| 3 | However , this identification is only ‘ to some extent ’ , and it is easier to think of locality as a useful term in this study if it is extended , as Dickens et al. |
| 4 | It is so much easier to think of the so-called four skills ! |
| 5 | , I mean it 's a lot easier to think of these things than it is for the other one , er , you would say , that was actually lazy bastard , but we did n't want to offend anybody , er , useless git , |
| 6 | It is at least equally easy to conceive of a divide between Labour ( 35 per cent ) and anti-Labour ( the rest ) . |
| 7 | It may be that this relexicalized version has not been actually attested and , may never occur in the future but it acquires normality because it is relatively easy to conceive of a context for it . |
| 8 | But is it so easy to conceive of a pain which is not hurting you ? |
| 9 | This is a very simple example ; it is easy to conceive of extremely varied and complex patterns of linkage appearing in various contexts . |
| 10 | Only revolutionary thinkers like Marx found it easy to conceive of situations in which , as it were , 2 + 2 no longer equalled 4 but might equal something else instead or also . |
| 11 | He liked Eden , and he found it easy to disapprove of the way in which Chamberlain had handled relations with him . |
| 12 | It was not easy to think of a precedent , and one could be forgiven for concluding that the notorious obscurity of the poem came about not by the author 's design but accidentally , because the work was the product not of one mind but of two . |
| 13 | It is disturbingly easy to think of sportsmen with cardiac problems : Coventry manager and former England coach Don Howe , now 56 , had a bypass operation less than four years ago . |
| 14 | Numerous other examples are easy to think of supporting the idea that complete independence in the AL of maintaining a safe environment is just impossible . |
| 15 | If we said ‘ truths ’ , it would be easy to think of their content only . |
| 16 | It is easy to think of obvious examples : the child who suddenly loses both parents in a car accident ; the outbreak of war , necessitating a dramatic change of surroundings and circumstances ; a house fire or some other disaster befalling the family . |
| 17 | It is easy to think of the doctor , for example , whose father and grandfather were doctors before him and who takes it for granted that his son will follow in his footsteps — without really stopping to consider whether that is what his son wants to do . |
| 18 | For it is easy to think of other examples where the lexical choice will lead to a further proliferation of senses . |
| 19 | Although the specific example of extraordinary items and FRED 1 does not support Mr Damant 's argument particularly well , it is easy to think of hypothetical examples that would . |
| 20 | Witness the image of the watch : it remained easy to think of the system as having a grand purpose built into it . |
| 21 | In quantifying the UK 's foreign trade it is easy to think of it as being carried out between independent British and foreign firms . |
| 22 | It is easy to think of gambling as innocent pleasure . |
| 23 | All types of sailing boats as well , I know that it 's easy to think of that we 're only dealing in optimists and toppers er but all types of sailing boats and all abilities , both disabled , youngsters and all types of organizations . |
| 24 | Sociologists wanted to have their results accepted as scientifically accurate , have worked in the same way , but not always successfully , when dealing with people , is not always to easy to think of all the things which may affect the result . |
| 25 | They will be relatively easy to dispose of once the big warrens have been worked out and closed down . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not easy to dispose of a body . ’ |
| 27 | Sheffield nail makers purloined wire , while in the Black Country iron , lead and brass were easy to dispose of among the thousands of small forges . |
| 28 | 1 Place the key benefits of the Arelon WDG formulation in order of importance … a Pack is quick to open b Pack is easy to dispose of c Container does not need shaking or washing out |
| 29 | Adult is easiest to identify of northern grey geese , with conspicuous broad white forehead ( others occasionally have narrow white band above base of bill ) and heavily barred underparts . |
| 30 | This might be direct ( inquiries into " what went wrong " which include examination of internal memoranda by the principal — it is easiest to think of the military example of courts martial ) or indirect ( examination of a run of decisions to assess their quality ) . |