Example sentences of "and [pers pn] is not easy [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key question here — and it is not easy to answer — is whether Edinburgh , by employing Women in the period from the 1870s to the 1900s , was attracting more work than it otherwise would have from London and other publishers ; or whether it was merely managing to prevent the work leaving Edinburgh altogether for cheaper printing centres . |
| 2 | The question of criteria of objectivity is a complex one , and it is not easy to decide what criteria are valid in what context.5 But if it was only I myself and no one else who could decide whether or not an error has been committed in a given instance , then the distinction between " subjective " and " objective " order would have no meaning . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Many intrinsic variables are red , and it is not easy to compare a red star with a white one ; it is wise to use more than two comparison stars if possible . |
| 5 | It must , however , be said that it is by no means crystal clear that this forms the mental element of the ‘ species ’ torts of unlawful interference with contract and unlawful means conspiracy ( indeed , in the case of the latter it very probably does not ) and it is not easy to see how the species can differ in this respect from the genus . |
| 6 | And it is not easy to know how far Kapuscinski 's book is a book about a bygone Ethiopia . |
| 7 | On the adverse side , the field has become too small for comfort , and it is not easy to line up the binoculars on the target . |
| 8 | In wet areas , weeds and turf re-root and grow quickly and it is not easy to work up a clean tilth unless they are well buried and allowed to rot . |
| 9 | The wall at this point was recorded as robbed , and it is not easy to distinguish building phases when this has happened . |
| 10 | Feeding is difficult and laborious , and it is not easy to keep the rick waterproof , even with a plastic sheet , as it is used up . |
| 11 | But we know very little about the animals which bore these scales and although a few articulated remains have been known for several years , they show very little anatomical detail and it is not easy to identify immediate relatives . |
| 12 | And it is not easy to discover any more covert or sophisticated moral view of the characters and the events of the poem : it does not dwell in any suggestive way on the irremediable carnality of human desires , and only with a degree of distortion and uncalled for determination could we assert that the poem is significantly antifeminist or anticlerical . |
| 13 | It is common for old people to play down the extent of the abuse and it is not easy to gauge how far their reluctance to discuss alternative care is due to fear of the unknown rather than acceptance of the situation . |
| 14 | As one might expect , there are heavy responsibilities involved in making decisions about the future and it is not easy to become an actuary . |
| 15 | As indicated earlier , the project does not seem to have built in as strong a mechanism for evaluation as it might , and it is not easy to determine the degree to which the project philosophy is alive and well in the project schools of three or four years ago . |