Example sentences of "the easy [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The main areas for consideration should be : security measures against intruders , insulation , heating , lighting , safety of floor coverings , the easy moving of furniture , improvements and adaptations to the kitchen , improvements and adaptations to the bathroom and lavatory , the safety of halls and stairways , the safety and functioning of all equipment , improvement in garden planning .
2 THE EASY MOVING OF FURNITURE
3 The electorate 's views are seen as stable , centrist and moderate , but , in the context of an electoral system that bolsters the two-party system and blocks the easy rise of third parties of moderation , the House of Commons is " unrepresentative " and the party activists unchecked .
4 In the early years of the 1950s , the growing entrenchment of the theory of responsible party government , and a lingering attachment to the traditional liberal-Democratic theory of the constitution , blocked the easy rise of an emphasis upon interest groups affecting the overall thrust of public policy in Britain .
5 Hence the easy sharing of kittens in a cattery where the adult females have already , through overcrowding , come to tolerate one another 's presence .
6 Instead we have the cheerfulness of a slave without responsibilities or aspirations , and a satisfaction with the easy enjoyment of the passing moment .
7 They chose to dismantle themselves and start from scratch all over again , rather than take the easy route of formulaic consolidation of their position .
8 RACING pigeon Lucky took the easy route from Malta to Britain … flying on a holiday jet in her owner 's duty-free bag .
9 Having bought a machine equipped with its operating system , many take the easy route and buy its applications software too .
10 Rather than take the easy route of making populist entertainment , she is now doing all she can — even press interviews — to persuade the audience to come to her .
11 But such simple tactics seemed beyond the inexperienced Hemel team , who were repeatedly caught out by American Jonathan Bow 's eye for the easy basket .
12 Moving with the easy gliding movement that is second nature Liessa sets off towards her own dragon , Laolith , who turns his great horsey head towards her .
13 Much of the easy flow of speech depends on the neutral vowel .
14 He had no idea what an effort it had been for Topaz to keep up the easy flow of chatter .
15 They also climbed a short ice line left of the easy gully ( III ) .
16 On the fourth day of your holiday you 'll make the easy coach journey from Rome to Florence , where you 'll stay for four nights at the Hotel Columbus .
17 With some desperate moves , including a two finger jam in a wet , moss filled crack , I reached a jug , pulled myself to safety and finally found the easy scramble to the top .
18 Gold allowed the easy storage of wealth because of the high ratio of value to bulk , and its being minted by royal and ecclesiastical courts may reflect the need to administer justice , maintain officials and finance commerce , and goes hand-in-hand with the development of written law and taxation ; in the oldest Kentish laws , fines were listed in gold ‘ shillings ’ and in silver .
19 The Easy Boot main screen consists of fifteen buttons , each one corresponding to a boot-up configuration .
20 In liquids with larger or irregularly shaped molecules , the deformation is slower as the molecules restrict the easy translation of one past the other .
21 The walk 's last leg follows the embankment of the world 's first electric road-railway , which used to take Victorian tourists from Portrush to the Giant 's Causeway but now covers only the easy descent into Portballintrae .
22 Next comes the easy descent of Sea Gully , followed by the face of Raven Wall .
23 A revisionist history 's emphasis on ‘ local knowledge ’ does usefully challenge a creation of the easy narrative which balances a symbolic reading of some specified cultural documents ( literary texts , material artefacts , theatrical performances ) with the critical desire of re-energising the past .
24 During the Middle Ages , indeed for long after , the surrounding narrow strips of sea were sufficient to impede the easy spread of ideas .
25 One could not help but admire the perspicacity and ability of this dapper little man with the thick glasses and the easy smile .
26 Debts were carried on to the next account ; there was certainly none of the easy attitude of the old 17th Century German masters who regularly wrote workers ' debts off .
27 No matter how long he lived in Paris , or how wild his life was , he retained a love for Eugenia and a sense of family honour that jibed awkwardly with the easy amorality of the crowd .
28 The trick in bringing about a change in attitudes towards marketing is to go after the easy stuff first , there is nothing to be gained from knocking your head against a brick wall .
29 ‘ Not sure , really , though the little ones tend to go for the easy stuff .
30 It was it was very , it was very sixteen year olds find this hard when they 're doing the , the high level stuff but it 's no good giving you the easy stuff cos you 're both very bright , both very clever and it 's no good saying , well what , does anyone know what one add two is is it ?
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