The new president believed it would be easier to get statehood for California and New Mexico than to create territorial governments for them.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Southerners wanted a new law that would be easier to enforce.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"It would be easier to compete with the gas companies,I guess."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"I think these things can move in parallel. Obviously,it would be easier if these things had come out in a different way, and been conducted without the kind of irregularities that have been identified,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

But,clearly,fish in a barrel would be much easier to shoot than fish in a stream.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

That's the magic of movie making. It was a lot easier to understand than I ever thought it would be.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16