Example sentences of "be easily [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mechanical joins such as rivets are easily recognised but , from as early as 2500 BC in Sumer , smiths developed methods of joining one metal with another of a lower melting point . |
| 2 | Rats and hamsters are easily infected but the disease is rarely fatal . |
| 3 | Data is easily transferred but , sometimes , the underlying data base structure needs a little tweaking in order to function at its best . |
| 4 | Our pH 16 values are normally 5 to 9 ; I look upon anything above pH 11½ to be bad — that 's from my experience in the laboratory that to get to a pH of 11 is easily done but to get to a pH of 12 you need a dam sight more alkali . |
| 5 | The question of whether an authority is exceeding its power in imposing a particular condition on a planning permission — ultra vires , as the law puts it — and what happens when ultra vires , is easily stated but difficult to determine in practice . |
| 6 | Threadworm is easily treated but unless the following precautions are taken the problem may recur . |
| 7 | Ironically , Johnson 's lawless image endeared as much as it repelled. he was obviously a player who was easily unhinged but in the odd chemistry of Scotland 's footballing psyche , his recklessness made him a dangerous but likeable rogue . |