Example sentences of "it [was/were] hard [verb] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colonies were very handy bargaining counters if a state wanted to concede something less important than territory in Europe , but it was hard to imagine that any country would want to take all of its rivals ' imperial possessions . |
| 2 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 3 | It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |