Example sentences of "not [adv] easy as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 not so easy as you think getting jobs
2 During this period , the American 8th Air Force squadrons of Flying Fortresses and Liberators , many of whom were stationed near to us in the vicinity of Cambridge and Huntingdon , were doing daylight raids deep into Germany , and were rapidly finding out that it was not as easy as they had expected .
3 This was not as easy as they hoped ; they knew that , however much it might disapprove of their activities , the English government certainly had no power to get its orders obeyed on the western side of the Atlantic , but their charter , which they hoped would make them independent of England , and on which they relied for the legal basis of their community , said — like all the other charters — that they must not pass laws that were not consistent with English laws .
4 Steering a narrow boat is not as easy as you think , and opening paddles and gates on a lock could spell disaster if you get things in the wrong order !
5 Although he protests his innocence he finds that clearing his name is not as easy as he thought .
6 Transforming a herd of myotonic goats into a passing-out parade is not as easy as it sounds .
7 So encouraging Dawn to feed when we were out of doors was not as easy as it sounds , because her attention was completely absorbed in what was happening around her .
8 This is not as easy as it sounds , because the Christian Democrats and PDS differ about which electoral system should be introduced .
9 Unfortunately , this is not as easy as it sounds .
10 It 's not as easy as it sounds !
11 This is not as easy as it sounds as it needs a change to the German constitution which requires a two third majority in the German parliament .
12 It 's not as easy as it sounds .
13 Certainly , it is not as easy as it looks .
14 We climbed for an hour-and-a-half and I can tell you that going up a mountain on skins is not as easy as it looks .
15 It 's not as easy as it looks , marrying into a fortune .
16 Choosing the trees is not as easy as it seems .
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