Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] believe that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it 's hard to believe that half a century ago piped water , sewerage and bathrooms complete with toilet and bath were luxuries many did n't have . |
| 2 | It is difficult to believe that all the paraphernalia of sex is needed merely to ensure that males are not confused with females or males of another species : that could be achieved much more quickly and less colourfully . |
| 3 | It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift . |
| 4 | It is difficult to believe that many of the prestige projects discussed in Chapter 8 would have been contemplated in the absence of the very high volumes of aid reaching countries for other , more mundane , purposes . |
| 5 | However , it is difficult to believe that this amounts to as much as £30 per hour . |
| 6 | By day , Claxby signal box is warm and friendly and it is difficult to believe that any mysterious events could take place there . |
| 7 | It is difficult to believe that any of the characters examined by Burdon could be selectively neutral . |
| 8 | However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times . |
| 9 | Something ancient is surfacing here , in other words , and it is tempting to believe that some French critics , especially those who are hostile to the English a cappella tradition ( to whom we shall return ) , can hear in English choral recordings the voice of their ancient Protestant adversary all too clearly . |
| 10 | If Alexander II had died before ascending the throne , it is hard to believe that some Russian Fortinbras would have said he was " likely , had he been put on , to have proved most royal " . |
| 11 | How much the meeting was told about the previous shipments to Iran is unclear but it is hard to believe that those present were not aware of them . |
| 12 | It is hard to believe that any fall in Polly Peck-owned Vestel 's share price could be mostly due to the Gulf crisis |
| 13 | It is hard to believe that any business whose life blood is communications could lag behind in using modern information technology , but that is how it is with British public relations . |
| 14 | It is hard to believe that this 8,000 acre agricultural estate owned by the Crown was once a small mid-river sandbank often submerged by spring tides . |
| 15 | On a raw spring day at Shingle Street last week , it was easy to believe that this tiny hamlet held some great mystery . |
| 16 | It was safer to believe that all women were opportunists and all friends traitors . |
| 17 | The damaged vegetation grew back very quickly in the following months , and by the end of 1992 it was difficult to believe that such a wide swathe had originally been bulldozed . |
| 18 | It was difficult to believe that these birds had been harvested for food on Mykines for generations , or to argue against the Faroese claim that the strict regulations which apply to the fowling are designed to ensure that the population numbers are not adversely affected . |
| 19 | As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat . |
| 20 | In some cases they may explode or manage to throw off enough matter to reduce their mass below the limit and so avoid catastrophic gravitational collapse , but it was difficult to believe that this always happened , no matter how big the star . |
| 21 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 22 | It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it . |
| 23 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 24 | It was hard to believe that most of these islands were populated and we often caught glimpses of island ferries plying industriously between lonely rockbound piers . |