Example sentences of "are [not/n't] [adv] easy [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish system has some very distinctive features which are not always easy to explain to those whose first language is not English . |
| 2 | Most people in Hong Kong have two ambitions , which are not always easy to reconcile . |
| 3 | This highlights one of the perennial difficulties of ‘ fertile ’ mules ; mules and donkeys are not always easy to distinguish , and even some horses have long ears . |
| 4 | Initially the examiner , who has read a file detailing the main points of the complaint , but inevitably does not have the full story ( hence the reason for the enquiry ) , turns up unannounced at the company 's premises ( which are not always easy to find ) and has to get past well-meaning but defensive receptionists and secretaries without revealing the purpose of the visit . |
| 5 | Such lists are not always easy to find , as is described by Newby ( 1977 ) when he tried to devise a sampling frame of farms in a certain area . |
| 6 | Such breaks , which occur in deep mountain valleys more often than in lowland valleys , are not always easy to interpret , as similar forms may be caused by lithological differences or by glaciation . |
| 7 | Heads have been turned , and have begun to swim , amid the flow of invention , delivered in works which have been Englished in rapid succession and which are not always easy to tell apart . |
| 8 | Although the line between the theory-specific and the more generic surveys is a difficult one to draw , it is important as a reminder of the very important point that methods do have theoretical implications of a profound kind , even if these are not always easy to determine . |
| 9 | We should take a more substantial point , though as one grapples one 's way through the forest they are not always easy to identify . |
| 10 | Priorities are not always easy to ascertain , even when government objectives are relatively clear . |
| 11 | If the potential rewards are high it is worth pursuing , but knowing when to stop is not easy , and formalized methods of planning are not always easy to apply . |
| 12 | Other cases of blend dare are not so easy to categorize . |
| 13 | But there is growing consensus that the broader functions of a medical education , which are assuming greater importance in the undergraduate curriculum , are not so easy to learn from someone untrained in educational method . |
| 14 | While gonadal material can easily be obtained from mice , testicular samples for the study of human meiosis are not so easy to come by . |
| 15 | Similar problems in isolated characters or words are not so easy to read , because there is little or no surrounding context ( Mitchell , 1982 ) . |
| 16 | It is also , very importantly , of two kinds : short term and long term ; so that what is recalled in the short term ( the classic example is a string of numbers ) may fade rapidly from the memory , while other elements of the communication , which are not so easy to recall immediately , stay in the mind long afterwards . |
| 17 | This means that a low maintenance composition needs to use materials and planting that are not only easy to care for but look good throughout the year . |
| 18 | Pen-based computers are not only easier to use — they can also be more portable than standard key-board-based machines . |
| 19 | Of course , these are not necessarily easier to interpret — techniques such as conditional sampling ( Section 19.6 ) may again be invoked — but they can illuminate different aspects . |
| 20 | The volumes are not especially easy to use , however , and more detailed and accessible information is contained in two works published in 1950 and 1967 by the Society of Antiquaries of London : A Catalogue of English Medieval Rolls of Arms by Sir Anthony Wagner , and Rolls of Arms — Henry III edited by T.D . |
| 21 | A after the , the foot and leg massage , erm , we actually cut the toe nails and we file the toe nails and again , sometimes toe nails are n't terribly easy to cut yourselves , we ca n't always get down there can we ? |
| 22 | I 'm black , remember , and jobs are n't too easy to come by , even for someone as good-looking and intelligent as me . ’ |
| 23 | Such patterns are n't very easy to analyse . |