How to Use no easy/simple matter in a Sentence

no easy/simple matter

noun
  • But knowing how to think and act as a citizen of this small world is no easy matter.
    — Matthew MacKenzie, The Conversation, 10 June 2020
  • Throwing the events was no simple matter and took almost three years to plan.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2023
  • With the rising sea having spilled over into thousands of pages of text, that is no easy matter.
    — Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2024
  • Catching a fish the size of a small person with a willowy fly rod and a fly the size of your thumb is no easy matter.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Choosing life is no simple matter, as many faith communities place emphasis on death.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • But this year, even showing up — and in particular, returning to the high-stakes live format — is no simple matter.
    — NBC News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • But visualising our everyday thoughts is no easy matter, and dream-reading is more difficult still.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2012
  • Strong buildings come from strong ideas, and to distill the beliefs of 39 very different tribes into a unified credo is no easy matter.
    — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2022
  • However, riding another person’s dragon is no simple matter, and Joffrey is thrown to his death.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 22 July 2024
  • Flying to Psyche, a massive member of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is no simple matter.
    — Wired, 29 July 2022
  • Either way, finding a marquee replacement on such short notice to headline the world’s biggest and most profitable annual music festival is no easy matter.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This is no simple matter of Tua’s health deciding the future of the concussion protocol, or of the Miami Dolphins.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
  • That is no easy matter, at a time when commodities are increasingly expensive, and when sourcing and supplying them is maddeningly complicated.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Reviving the enforcement capability at the IRS was no simple matter.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Attacking Starlink in space would be no simple matter because SpaceX has launched more than 3,000 satellites and is seeking permission to eventually launch tens of thousands.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2022

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