Example sentences of "[is] not always easy [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Of course she is becoming more well known and it is not always easy to realise it .
2 The line between matters of fact and opinions deduced from facts is not always easy to draw .
3 This line is not always easy to draw .
4 The interplay of these terms is not always easy to grasp , but the point of positing them is comparatively clear .
5 Of course , it is not always easy to pinpoint exactly why we do or do not engage in a particular action .
6 It is not always easy to describe a technique , even when it is really easy to do .
7 It is not always easy to describe conventions and to determine their force and strength .
8 There are dozens of ways you can fire the shutter , which is pressure sensitive to the finger in normal application ; but it is not always easy to arrange a mechanical device to operate at distance .
9 You also have to be able to have the computer with you when you take the notes , which is not always easy to arrange .
10 However , this is not always easy to do because , as I have already said , most disputes are more or less polycentric .
11 A further limiting factor is that the plaintiff bears the burden of proof ; he has to show that the defendant was negligent and this is not always easy to do .
12 In the course of this conflict it is shown that whilst much of the relevant legislation — for example , on school admissions — may emphasise individual parents ' rights , in practice it is not always easy to accommodate them .
13 Methodological principles need to be discussed at the rather abstract level at which they were presented in the preceding chapters ; otherwise it is not always easy to assess the applicability of a set of methods to a new research context .
14 The suspense novel stops short of the pure thriller , a kind of writing that falls outside the scope of this book , but it is not always easy to say just where the line should be drawn .
15 Front running is not always easy to detect .
16 Back in the classroom it is not always easy to translate the high tech knowledge down to a child 's level .
17 This is not always easy to operationalise .
18 It is not always easy to use their own in-house people if the chairman or chief executive wants to find a very senior director : then they nearly always go to outside professional advisers for confidentiality , for objectivity and often because the senior headhunters in the major firms are the best , of the highest quality and are paid accordingly .
19 In his theological writings , it is not always easy to see at what point he steps over the borderline between magic and religion .
20 But there are no hard and fast definitions of NFI ; the distinction between a sale by the investor which represents some sort of invisible investment and one which does not is not always easy to see , especially with turn-key contracts .
21 What the result of this equation is for democracy is not always easy to see .
22 But it is not always easy to decide which is the more appropriate , nor how the two ways mentioned can lead to other versions .
23 It is not always easy to decide what is the substance of the contract , the provision of services or the transfer of ownership .
24 It is not always easy to estimate what level of skill and therefore what training will be required to make the best use of video equipment in an institution .
25 The degree of economic specialization might vary from one centre to another , and in the last resort it is not always easy to define what was a town .
26 It is not always easy to predict just what problems a particular group of learners is likely to have with any materials .
27 The drafting of satisfactory consultancy provisions is not without difficulty : it is not always easy to predict an individual 's suitability for a consultancy until his normal retirement date is near , and younger partners may press for some overriding veto .
28 Possibly the main problem is that the Keynesian model is only short-term and in the short-run , it is not always easy to predict the effects of policy changes , and the management of the economy , therefore , may become very erratic .
29 It is not always easy to spot the fact that the spread increases as the level increases .
30 I know that it is not always easy to maintain enthusiasm and commitment in the midst of a severe recession with the inevitable consequences of financial restraint , colleagues being made redundant , and this year , losses at Group level .
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