Example sentences of "be easier [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be easier said than done but if you have a clear idea of the purpose of the meeting and have prepared a thorough list of everything you want to know then you must stick to your guns and carry on relentlessly until you have worked your way through it . |
| 2 | That could be easier said than done . |
| 3 | But such things were easier said than done . |
| 4 | The demands are easier stated than met . |
| 5 | ‘ Get a ticket , not a criminal record , ’ the ads urge you ; but this is easier said than done . |
| 6 | That is easier said than done . |
| 7 | Of course , this is easier said than done , but it is thought that up to 50% of births of this type could be prevented by better standards of care . |
| 8 | This is easier said than done . |
| 9 | ‘ They make you think of birdies , ’ says Les Jones , the club 's pro for 38 years , ‘ but getting them is easier said than done . |
| 10 | But this is easier said than done . |
| 11 | This is easier said than done . |
| 12 | However , for the majority of women , planning intercourse to coincide with ovulation and predicting their most fertile time is easier said than done . |
| 13 | ‘ Removing ’ part of the brain is easier said than done . |
| 14 | But for colleagues who have illness in the family or marital troubles , this is easier said than done . |
| 15 | Deregulation — cutting red tape , in Mr Major 's preferred phrase — is easier said than done and far from politically sexy : much has been cut already and Brussels weaves new rules by the week . |
| 16 | Like practically everything in business this is easier said than done , as the plethora of books , theories , advice and consultants testify . |
| 17 | This is easier said than done . |
| 18 | But that is easier said than done . |
| 19 | If nursing already recruits 25% of leavers with between 5 " O " levels and 2 A levels , this is easier said than done , particularly when one considers that other employment agencies are also preparing to compete more aggressively to obtain their share from the pool . |
| 20 | Managing to be positive when you are in pain is easier said than done , but the way in which you handle it could have a lot to do with your own personality . |
| 21 | That is easier said than done for cash-strapped City , who are said to be losing £10,000 a week . |
| 22 | Of course , this is easier said than done . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid going on an economy drive is easier said than done . |
| 24 | But that 's easier said than done , and you will be lucky indeed if it never happens to you . |
| 25 | That 's easier said than done . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's easier said than done . |
| 27 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 28 | It 's easier said than done , but I would if I could go back over it again . |
| 29 | Now I know that 's easier said than done . |
| 30 | " That 's easier said than done . |