‘It’s not hard to see why’ (‘BE’ not + ADJECTIVE + to-INFINTIVE)

Here’s an expert example in the news of modality expressed with the ‘BE’ not + ADJECTIVE + to-INFINTIVE’ grammar structure:

  Quartz

For many Chinese internet users, it is not uncommon to see bloggers they follow fall out of their news feeds.

Point 212 in the category of MODALITY is defined as:

‘be’ + ‘not’ + adjective + ‘to’ + infinitive

a search on iWeb for:

_VB _XX _JJ _TO _VVI

1 ‘S NOT HARD TO SEE 3537
2 IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE 1640
3 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE 1248
4 ‘S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE 1230
5 ‘S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE 1201
6 IS NOT EASY TO FIND 1142
7 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE 1115
8 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY 1099

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9 IS NOT HARD TO SEE 1053

It is not hard to see why prenatal health is so crucial for life expectancy.

PELIC Chinese level 5 writing

B2 verbs:
cause, identify, obtain, participate
C1 vocabulary:
determine, eligible, uncommon

B1 student in PELIC:

It is not difficult to get ingredients for ddukboggi.

Korean male