Example sentences of "not always easy [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Back in the classroom it is not always easy to translate the high tech knowledge down to a child 's level .
2 The suspense novel stops short of the pure thriller , a kind of writing that falls outside the scope of this book , but it is not always easy to say just where the line should be drawn .
3 It is not always easy to describe a technique , even when it is really easy to do .
4 It is not always easy to describe conventions and to determine their force and strength .
5 This is not always easy to operationalise .
6 But it is not always easy to decide which is the more appropriate , nor how the two ways mentioned can lead to other versions .
7 It is not always easy to decide what is the substance of the contract , the provision of services or the transfer of ownership .
8 It is , however , not always easy to transmit non-textual files ( e.g. files containing bit-map graphics ) using electronic mail .
9 Of course she is becoming more well known and it is not always easy to realise it .
10 It is not always easy to use their own in-house people if the chairman or chief executive wants to find a very senior director : then they nearly always go to outside professional advisers for confidentiality , for objectivity and often because the senior headhunters in the major firms are the best , of the highest quality and are paid accordingly .
11 The degree of economic specialization might vary from one centre to another , and in the last resort it is not always easy to define what was a town .
12 In his theological writings , it is not always easy to see at what point he steps over the borderline between magic and religion .
13 But there are no hard and fast definitions of NFI ; the distinction between a sale by the investor which represents some sort of invisible investment and one which does not is not always easy to see , especially with turn-key contracts .
14 Tail slightly forked , but fork not always easy to see in flight .
15 Smaller and paler , especially beneath , than Skylark ( p. 205 ) , with no crest , shorter bill , unstreaked underparts and a distinctive small dark patch on each side of breast , not always easy to see in the field .
16 What the result of this equation is for democracy is not always easy to see .
17 Perhaps I can say , that what I 'd like to see is N C V O be much more corporate in the way it approaches things , erm , many of you will have seen many of our publications , but , you may not always realise they come from N C V O , sometimes it 's not always easy to see that , you have to search through and , not always find it , and we 've got many different images , so I think it 's important we er get a whole corporate image across .
18 In the course of this conflict it is shown that whilst much of the relevant legislation — for example , on school admissions — may emphasise individual parents ' rights , in practice it is not always easy to accommodate them .
19 Most people in Hong Kong have two ambitions , which are not always easy to reconcile .
20 The line between matters of fact and opinions deduced from facts is not always easy to draw .
21 This line is not always easy to draw .
22 The Scottish system has some very distinctive features which are not always easy to explain to those whose first language is not English .
23 Methodological principles need to be discussed at the rather abstract level at which they were presented in the preceding chapters ; otherwise it is not always easy to assess the applicability of a set of methods to a new research context .
24 However , this is not always easy to do because , as I have already said , most disputes are more or less polycentric .
25 A further limiting factor is that the plaintiff bears the burden of proof ; he has to show that the defendant was negligent and this is not always easy to do .
26 They come up to meetings which erm , this goes on to say determine not to miss a single spiritual meal both private study , meeting attendance are urgent for all , there 's nothing new here brothers it 's all things that we 've heard before and this is why sometimes we can sort of nod off because we , we sort of think well I 've heard all this before , follow theocratic ways , procedures and policies not always easy to do , but it can be done , recognizing the organization that Jehovah is using keep awake by finding your place in God 's arrangement that is n't that little corner up there , by the way , we 're not talking about that one , but finding our place where we can work for Jehovah wholeheartedly do not quibble about assignments and arrangements I think we 're all guilty of that at some time are n't we ?
27 There are dozens of ways you can fire the shutter , which is pressure sensitive to the finger in normal application ; but it is not always easy to arrange a mechanical device to operate at distance .
28 You also have to be able to have the computer with you when you take the notes , which is not always easy to arrange .
29 Important , too , although not always easy to evaluate , is the evidence which we may call literary , not merely the chronicles , but rather the tracts , pamphlets , newsletters and even poetry through which people expressed their ideas and views , as well as their emotions , on contemporary issues and problems , which might be the need for government to be better managed , hope of peace , or the criteria according to which society 's military leaders should be chosen .
30 It was not always easy to pick an appropriate sound effect .
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