Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not easy [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Similarly , it is not easy to appreciate its uniqueness without some knowledge of its structure . |
| 3 | Looking at the Pointers , apparently side by side in the sky , it is not easy to appreciate that they are quite unconnected with each other . |
| 4 | It is not easy to set standards for what is acceptable and what is not in terms of production expertise and technical quality . |
| 5 | It is not easy to describe the functioning of a committee which is clearly very much in the process of finding its role . |
| 6 | S. Mark 's Cathedral appears to be a complicated building , not easy to define , either from the façade in the great piazza or from the interior , and it is not easy to view from other aspects as buildings crowd closely upon it . |
| 7 | With a stranger it is not easy to explore all these aspects–before starting a conversation . |
| 8 | It is not easy to kill a dragon , but it can be done , and there are many handy manuals to teach an aspiring hero the tricks of his trade . |
| 9 | As a result , it is not easy to arrive it conclusions about the reasons for population trends during the inter-war years . |
| 10 | Roman Catholics have grown in numbers in modern times , but it is not easy to use figures to compare the Roman Church 's position in 1880 with that of say , a century before . |
| 11 | If so , and if we can measure it ( though it is not easy to do so ) , that again tells us something about their welfare . |
| 12 | It is not easy to do this : the tensions between control and autonomy , accountability and delegation , or action and consultation , are real and unavoidable . |
| 13 | But it is not easy to do this without becoming crude , and , since the art appeals principally for its sensitiveness to what it is mocking , crudity has the effect of alienating those readers the pastiche should most attract . |
| 14 | It is not easy to survey the many areas in which there has been not only response to Dei Verbum , but also developments traceable to its influence , yet going far beyond what most of the Council 's members could have foreseen . |
| 15 | There are no test results for this case since it is not easy to force its occurrence . |
| 16 | It is not easy to reach a general conclusion on how valuable the process of appraisal was in the school as a whole . |
| 17 | Thus it is not easy to predict what the law is either where the occupier of the land commits conversion by his refusal or where he is blameless . |
| 18 | It is not easy to characterize the cultural and mental style of civilizations . |
| 19 | It is not easy to hit back at that sort of conversation . |
| 20 | It is not easy to grasp the financial significance of organisations diluting their products , for instance , so that many millions of customers are paying a few pence extra for their goods . |
| 21 | It is not easy to draw any general principles from these claims for they rest upon the particular factual situation , and the interpretation of the relevant text . |
| 22 | It is not easy to give a friend a ride in a wheelbarrow , because of the problems of balance , and it is difficult to carry sand and soil on a trolley with low or slatted sides . |
| 23 | Another point to consider is the register used ; it is not easy to give examples of spoken English in written form and at the same time retain authenticity . |
| 24 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two goal leaf away to First Division and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 25 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two-goal lead away to a First Division side and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 26 | Similarly , it is not easy to disturb the connotations of those types of ‘ folk song ’ constituted by bourgeois romanticism as signifying ( sentimentalized ) ‘ community ’ , an organic social harmony . |
| 27 | ‘ It is not easy to hang a fine suit from shoulders so broad and straight as yours , Major . ’ |
| 28 | This was a very different type of nationalism from that which had produced the United States of America , and one which it is not easy to explain , as has sometimes been attempted , in terms of Gandhi 's attachment to traditional Hindu notions of self-purification . |
| 29 | In the light of the above , it is not easy to explain the usefulness of publishing a source and application of funds statement for the organization as a whole . |
| 30 | It is not easy to explain away the perverse comparative static finding for k . |