Example sentences of "it [verb] not been easy " in BNC.

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1 Even in a country like India , where there is skilled manpower , it has not been easy to install enough new factories to keep pace with growing demand .
2 It has not been easy to establish the numbers of appointments — and hence fees paid out — for which clients engaged search consultants .
3 It has not been easy to pull this programme together in the prevailing economic climate , but we hope you will find much to enjoy and help blow away those recessionary blues …
4 In geomorphology , as in soil geography , it has not been easy to achieve representations of global spatial patterns based upon processes to succeed the long-established static morphological or structured landform regions .
5 It has not been easy — and he does not like to be crossed . ’
6 It has not been easy to change so quickly to the needs of a more demanding market place , but if your customers , staff or management have cause to complain of imprecise or unreliable temperature control equipment , of a poor maintenance record or of substandard temperatures at the point of consumption , we are the correct sector of engineering you require .
7 It has not been easy , Caroline , fulfilling all my commitments while staying close to the Princess 's side . ’
8 It has not been easy to do because we have never given guarantees before .
9 It has not been easy on three hours sleep a night .
10 It has n't been easy .
11 I 've had — it has n't been easy , this past week .
12 You know , it has n't been easy since — since Alison .
13 It has n't been easy .
14 It has n't been easy .
15 It has n't been easy ’ she readily admits .
16 It has n't been easy ’ she readily admits .
17 It has n't been easy , but at Walton Heath his dream came true at last .
18 It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it .
19 It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it .
20 It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it .
21 But it has n't been easy .
22 But it has n't been easy to organise .
23 But it has n't been easy .
24 It had not been easy without existing contacts in the region , and their reports would have to be treated with caution for a while , but on the whole he felt he had achieved as much as could have been expected .
25 Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room .
26 He told her it had not been easy to get a word in .
27 It had not been easy for him to gain readmission .
28 It had not been easy , but she had succeeded — principally by concentrating on her career .
29 She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here .
30 It had n't been easy at first ; he was n't her father and all she remembered of her own father was blows and shouting .
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