Example sentences of "[subord] it be [adv] easy [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder investigators have found it more profitable to examine this problem in animals , where it is much easier to programme experience and ensure that only single events are studied without the influence of others . |
| 2 | Given the large crowds , moreover , professional soccer provides a context where it is relatively easy to escape detection and arrest , and last but not least , a group of outsiders , the opposing team and its fans , comes regularly into the home territory where they are perceived as invaders and targets for attack . |
| 3 | On a system like the ZX Spectrum where it is often easier to draw in black and white before adding the colours this in an essential facility . |
| 4 | Although it is plainly easier to examine the narrower conception of the media 's political impact by exploring specific case studies , long-term and fundamental changes in the public 's perceptions of the political world must not be overlooked . |
| 5 | Although it is not easy to establish exactly what proportion of total local spending goes to specific areas of the cities , where efforts were made , the inner-urban areas do not appear to have done particularly well . |
| 6 | Although it is relatively easy to decide how the intensity of sexual selection should be estimated , collecting the relevant data poses a variety of logistic problems ( Ralls , 1977 ; Davies , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | Although it is relatively easy to illustrate the process of modelling in a book or at a lecture , in real life there are problems in deciding how far one should go and what level of detail is appropriate . |
| 8 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |
| 9 | " It does not make environmental or economic sense " , he argued , " although it is politically easy to tell people they should recycle . |
| 10 | The origin of such cusps is obscure ( see Komar ( 1976 ) for summary of theories ) , although it is much easier to see why , once formed , they will be maintained . |
| 11 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
| 12 | The dunnock probably has no conscious awareness of its long-term best interests , so it is even easier to understand that its nervous system might find certain kinds of stimulation irresistible . |
| 13 | You can get programmable fax machines , but they 're very expensive , so it 's not easy to take advantage of cheap phone rates either . |
| 14 | The images are fast and sharp , so it 's much easier to see what 's going on . |
| 15 | That hunting band had weekly meetings , a well-trained manager , clear objectives — so it was pretty easy to turn it into a Quality Circle in 1980 . |
| 16 | And also , like all the Hawaiian musicians , Gabby was heavily influenced by jazz ; they had this kind of natural rhythmic sense , so it was very easy to go right off into it . |
| 17 | Therefore , since the cost reduction has the same effect as the price reduction but has other effects in addition , it is more worthwhile to strive after , if it is equally easy to obtain . " |
| 18 | Even if it is not easy to make changes , it is important to begin widening horizons as soon as possible . |
| 19 | In practice if you are back checking files and such like , if you find something that is current word which should comply and you find something that has n't been appropriately signed or whatever , if it 's easy to get it done yes do it yes , if it 's not easy to get it done erm , it may be , you 've got to use your judgement because I do n't want you to go into a lot of work , but it may make sense to make a final note we are aware that this was n't done correctly this person has been reminded , or |
| 20 | Well not if it 's not easy to get to . |
| 21 | And answer me this : if it was so easy to chop Woman 's Hour why is it so difficult to abolish the House of Lords ? |
| 22 | What is the Government 's attitude to Labour 's proposal for a defence diversification agency , bearing in mind that if it were so easy to create jobs through a Government agency , it is surprising that Labour has always left behind more unemployed than when it took office . |
| 23 | Erm be careful with your titles cos it 's not easy to title them . |
| 24 | cos it 's very easy to do it because they 're two little red beacons |
| 25 | Because it is not easy to scale up or down most of the designs used in Romano-British mosaics , or in Roman mosaics generally , the room of unusual shape or size frequently received filling panels and other special treatments . |
| 26 | The frequency of coligation events during the cloning procedure is also important because it is much easier to interpret the results of hybridisations on unfragmented clones . |
| 27 | Division : You can use a similar method for dividing by 50 because it is always easier to work with the number two . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He uses this church as an example because it is very easy to see the faults of the church through the irony of the poem . |
| 30 | For these reasons , and because it is so easy to change the screen size of a shot by zooming in or out without stopping for a cut , the zoom ( and the pan ) are often used by amateurs instead of a straight cut . |