Example sentences of "but it [is] easy [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pre-eminence apparently accorded to Christianity here may reflect the position in the country as a whole ; but it is easy to see how some religious groups would identify an implicit suggestion by the section that the other religious traditions in Great Britain are less important . |
| 2 | All slimming diets which can possibly work are based on calorie reduction , but it is easy to see why people become confused about this . |
| 3 | But it is easy to see that , for example , a young mother who had recently been left by her husband , and gone back to a ( very good ) job , would pile up several different low scores , all linked to the fact that she had just become a single parent . |
| 4 | But it is easy to see how it will make you think twice before washing your car twice a week , or leaving your sprinkler on all night ! |
| 5 | It is not an attitude that would carry much weight in other educational circles , but it is easy to see its roots in the traditions of apprenticeship to a trade . |
| 6 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 7 | This may seem quite simple , but it is easy to delude yourself . |
| 8 | This observation has occasionally even found its way into the specialist literature , but it is easy to miss its full significance . |
| 9 | We are not told this but it is easy to say that the plot opens up in the Deep American South between the two world wars , from the way the coloured people are treated , the fashions , and the descriptive backgrounds . |
| 10 | But it is easy to map out some of the important ‘ moments ’ ( though they can not always be dated precisely or uniformly across regions and social groups ) One would be the take-up , by former illiterates , of broadsides ; these had a printed text but , almost always , simply stipulated the use of an orally transmitted tune . |
| 11 | Screening initially sorts replies from a job advertisement but it is easy to overlook good candidates . |
| 12 | But it is easy to generate trade interest and early sales with a gimmicky new product in gadget-hungry North America . |
| 13 | But it is easy to imagine the development of the other two in derived or dialectical variants . |
| 14 | In this example , No. 3 is the same as No. 1 , but it is easy to imagine many circumstances in which they would be different in practice . |
| 15 | Accurate identification of molluscs is a skilled business , and there is a vast literature describing fossil species , but it is easy to recognize the most important types preserved in fossils . |
| 16 | Neither group had the bilingual competence which could form a sound basis for interpreter training but it is easy to forget what a considerable achievement the language skills they did possess demonstrated . |
| 17 | But it is easy to accept Brown and Harris 's cautious suggestion that this same factor may make it difficult for the woman to get treatment . |
| 18 | NGC 2477 is virtually inaccessible from most of Europe , but it is easy to find from more southerly latitudes , as it is close to Zeta . |
| 19 | But it is easy to exaggerate the conflicting interests of kings and aristocrats in monastic reform . |
| 20 | Everyone considering buying a house should seek professional advice but it is easy to get lost in the jargon . |
| 21 | There will always be conflict in people 's perception of proper animal care , but it is easier to set standards for handling domesticated animals than for exploiting wild ones . |
| 22 | But it is easier to cope with these pressures if we go back to first principles . |
| 23 | @% can be set equal to a decimal integer , but it is easier to use hexadecimal , since each byte can then be considered separately . |
| 24 | But it is easier to show that the Aquitanians ' identity as a people was imposed on them rather than felt by them in Carolingian times . |
| 25 | They could get money by robbing a fruit machine , but it is easier to beat up an old woman and grab her purse . |
| 26 | It is n't a question Chairman but it 's easy to ask as it seems , we you said a ten year , but what about a thirty service of deferred pension , that could be an entirely different situation , because that is inflation put under the Post Office and B T ones it 's inflation proofed every year , so for the ten years , if he 's if he 's got another ten years before he draws his pension at sixty , he would have that er deferred pension inflation proofed every year . |
| 27 | Repointing brickwork is a simple enough job , but it 's easy to stain facing brick by using too sloppy a mix . |
| 28 | Erm it 's an obvious one but it 's easy to miss . |
| 29 | A trail marked with simple stone arches every half mile or so leads to Las Ruinas on top of each , but it 's easy to lose yourself in the maze of secondary trails which weave between the small fields . |
| 30 | But it 's easy to get carried away with these , oh well infinity infinity , is still infinity . |