Sentence:  `` We [ the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry ] expect to establish closer relations with nations and their cultural activities , and it will <WSD>be</WSD> easy as a member of the fair staff to bring in acts '' , explains Mrs. Geraghty . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)