Example sentences of "be [adj] to believe that [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But with Firebrands , Isca and Brean now in the National League , more clubs are likely to believe that the regional competition needs to be strengthened .
2 I AM reluctant to believe that the British people are so stupid as to return anyone but nice Mr Major at tomorrow 's election .
3 It would be foolhardy to believe that the Soviet case is unique .
4 It would be nice to believe that the International Board could sort it out , but they do n't seem to want to .
5 Even if one remains within the traditional canon of the eighteenth century , it is hard to believe that a major critic could so easily dispense with Goldsmith , Crabbe , and Burns .
6 At the same time , all forms of what would usually be considered popular music can in principle be disseminated by face-to-face methods ( for instance , in concerts ) rather than the mass media , and can be made available free , or even structured as collective participation , rather than sold as a commodity ; it is hard to believe that a few friends , jamming on ‘ Born in the USA ’ at a party , are not producing ‘ popular music ’ .
7 When one considers the huge cost overruns the West has on each new fighter , tank and warship , it is hard to believe that the same does not happen in Russia .
8 It 's hard to believe that the first meeting of the Galway Races took place at Ballybrit Race Course in 1869 ; and it immediately so fired the public imagination that it has been a major fixture on the Irish racing calendar ever since .
9 When the father of Hippolytus , Theseus , returns from his travels , he is unable to believe that no sexual congress has taken place between his wife and his son .
10 It is difficult to believe that the ordinary courts ' particular interpretation of all of these terms will necessarily be better than that of the tribunal .
11 It is difficult to believe that the Copernican innovation did not encourage questions of this kind .
12 ARCO may have lost some of its glamour , but with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia performing an important task in educating a local market in international art , it is difficult to believe that the leading galleries will not return in a future year .
13 It is difficult to believe that the precarious peace can last long , whether or not guns are being dug into the hills around Pristina .
14 It was hard to believe that a monosyllable could convey so much terror .
15 It was hard to believe that a few moments earlier he 'd aroused that snake-pit of desire inside her .
16 So far everything had gone our way , but it was hard to believe that the wily old campaigner would not have a few more tricks up his sleeve .
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