Example sentences of "it is easy " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to sympathise with a traveller who writes : ‘ I have seen a quantity of things here — churches , palaces , statues , fountains and pictures ; and my brain is at the moment like the portfolio of an architect , or a print-shop , or a common-place book . ’ |
| 2 | Many readers must have sighed with regret that so few of Gainsborough 's letters have survived , since the charm of his style is so fresh ; it is easy to sympathise with him writing about his professional commitment to portraiture , on behalf of two fine ladies , his daughters : |
| 3 | It is easy enough to analyse the formal characteristics of African sculpture in terms of vertical , horizontal or diagonal emphases ; of relative naturalism or abstraction ; of rounded , angular or cubic elements ; or in terms of tensions , rhythm and movement , and this is certainly an enjoyable and satisfying experience , since African sculptors have achieved a remarkable level of expression in what has been called ‘ purely sculptural ’ form . |
| 4 | It is easy to understand this , but it 's not so easy to evaluate the different elements of theatre training , and see just how they contribute to the making of that elusive thing , ‘ a compleat actor ’ . |
| 5 | Yet it is easy for pioneer users and IT investors to remain with the tried and tested applications and miss out on the cutting edge opportunities just around the corner . |
| 6 | Although major types of plant pest are surprisingly few , it is easy to become over-sensitive , not to say paranoid , and assume that everything that moves is a potential threat . |
| 7 | It is easy to forget exactly how much allowance should be made for the wind and other factors on a rough day . |
| 8 | But once the wind direction is known , it is easy . |
| 9 | If a break does occur the wire tends to coil up , and it is easy to make the mistake of just tying the broken ends together and towing it straight back to the launch point for the next launch . |
| 10 | It is easy to realise that in gusty conditions , if the glider is being flown slowly , the stall may occur high enough for a wing to drop and for an incipient spin to develop with even more serious results . |
| 11 | In such cases it is easy to make a correct recovery because it is so obvious that the glider is stalled . |
| 12 | If you imagine suddenly and unexpectedly finding yourself in an almost vertical dive facing the ground , it is easy to understand why so many pilots fail to make a movement forward on the stick to help the glider unstall itself . |
| 13 | Then try to use any lift nearby , keeping within easy reach of the field and in a position from which it is easy to drop on to the circuit . |
| 14 | In this position , the glider is on a base leg for any available field upwind and it is easy to look back and decide whether returning to the field is practical . |
| 15 | It is much harder than going into the side-slip from the final turn where it is easy to apply the opposite rudder and straighten up correctly . |
| 16 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 17 | We are so used to hearing talk about the nervous system ‘ encoding ’ the outside world that it is easy to forget that this is a metaphor and it is one that has no place in serious philosophical discussion of the mind-body problem or the philosophy of perception . |
| 18 | Once you know your daily calorie intake it is easy to adjust it so that you gain or lose weight . |
| 19 | The risk is minimal , but such is the attraction of this form of carving that it is easy to get carried away , and its effectiveness does make eye and respiratory protection essential . |
| 20 | It is easy to understand why he is in the madhouse . |
| 21 | But when Poll , dressed in her sailor 's uniform , proceeds to dance ‘ ship-shape ’ sur les pointes , with the Wives similarly equipped , it is easy to recognise the feminine touch that classical technique can give to their attempts at boat drill . |
| 22 | The huge , gently tilting summit plateau is vast and it is easy to believe that locals held horse races here last century . |
| 23 | It is easy to apply and can be used on wood or metal , inside or out , and its quick-drying formulation means it is touch-dry in two hours and ready for over-coating in six . |
| 24 | It is easy to cut and handle and can be decorated with paper or textured paint . |
| 25 | It is easy to cheat when quoting from these early cantos : either by imposing a seeming self-closure on passages that are in fact open at both ends , or ( and as well ) by presenting a lyrically appealing passage as typical of the whole . |
| 26 | That could work — though it is easy to imagine conflicts of interest with the housing and planning functions of the department . |
| 27 | It is easy enough to say What Makes Martin Run : a sincere belief that Hong Kong needs true democracy , even if most of its present leaders disagree . |
| 28 | On this showing , it is easy to see why . |
| 29 | ‘ At the moment , with me sitting in my position , it is easy to say ‘ well , I 'm not sure , I 'm not going to begin the process of investigation here ’ . ' |
| 30 | With the wisdom of hindsight , it is easy to see now that the Stag 's troublesome V8 , designed and inadequately developed in-house by Triumph before it merged with Leyland , should have been ditched and replaced by Rover 's proven ex-Buick 3.5-litre V8 ( still used by Land-Rover , Morgan , TVR and others ) that was already on the shelf . |