Example sentences of "[subord] it is easy [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This is country where it is easy to live off the land , or out of the rivers , and to learn about life .
2 Sails to supplement a ship 's principal engines , not to replace them , could help us save energy where it is easiest to harness the wind , namely at sea .
3 So for some children it is deemed better to place them in small homes where it is easier to maintain continuity of care .
4 Although it is easy to appreciate that the polymer must be sufficiently wettable to sustain a coherent layer of tear fluid , it might be thought that all problems associated with wettability would be overcome by the presence of water in the material .
5 It is a commonly held fallacy that the caper is the pickled seed of the nasturtium plant , although it is easy to see how this theory may have developed , as they are very similar in shape and are from a spreading plant of a very similar habit .
6 Nevertheless , although it is easy to see why the thrust of the arguments has throughout been to concentrate on the charging of the suspect and ( in the light of Ex parte Saunders ) on the association of a renewed caution with any exercise of the Director 's powers where the person under interrogation has already been charged , I believe that the result has been to set the inquiry off in the wrong direction .
7 Although it is easy to dismiss meetings as time wasters , the above indicates why you should take them seriously .
8 Although it is easy to observe what is going on in practice , constructing an explicit statement of what the system is that is being considered inevitably gives rise to problems of interpretation and semantics .
9 But although it is easy to write fine-sounding words about the vision which should inspire community care services , it is much more difficult to put them into practice .
10 This is impossible to do by staying within the lines , although it is easy to get close to success .
11 Here again is found a degree of confusion as between yeomen and husbandmen , although it is easier to appreciate .
12 This is available either in soda glass or Pyrex , both of which produce suitable instruments although it is easier to clean the Pyrex glass .
13 It is a problem only afflicting women and only after puberty , so it is easy to see that the condition is connected with our hormones .
14 And , remember , that Times 12 Roman and Times 12 Italic are two different fonts so it is easy to see that users quickly began to experience problems .
15 Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others .
16 Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others .
17 We have seen how ‘ the street ’ and ‘ the city ’ played important roles in middle-class demonology , so it is easy to understand why youth workers sought to provide counter-attractions to them , believing as they did that ‘ there is nothing worth doing to be done there ’ .
18 Personally run by the Ludovici family , here there are just 30 rooms so it is easy to provide guests with an individual and attentive service .
19 Clean , the Fouga glides well , so it is easy to throttle back to idle and float home .
20 Furthermore , the states of a theorem prover are sets of axioms and proved assertions , and these are easily remembered , so it is easy to keep many states simultaneously .
21 Rolls are 150 metres long — enough for a lifetime — so it is easier to order by the metre .
22 If it is easy to despise the cult of Holiday , which even the singer herself seemed to fall victim to at times , one can still listen to these unassuming youthful records and marvel at the serenity of her musicianship .
23 For , if it is easy to discover or to devise connections between puritanism and capitalism , as a large literature bears witness , those between nineteenth-century family structure and bourgeois society remain obscure .
24 So , if it is easy to transgress , how likely are any infringements to be discovered ?
25 Put them in the top half of a double saucepan with the sugar , and steam them ( or if it is easier bake them in a covered jar in a low oven ) until they are quite soft .
26 Downflow is the most widely adopted method because it is easy to arrange and it is the most traditional system .
27 The wife likes the car because it is easy to drive and to park .
28 Other mops in use are the domestic type sponge or squeegee mop which is useful for immediate floor spill control because it is easy to use and does not require a special mop bucket .
29 The basic technique is a little harder to get to grips with than painting and has a flatter , more geometric look , but it 's ideal for complex illustration because it is easy to edit precisely .
30 I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read .
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