Example sentences of "it hard [verb] that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With so many awkward questions hanging over the case , Coleman found it hard to imagine that the government would take it into court — and was not at all reassured by the thought . |
| 2 | Many theologians find it hard to believe that the gospel which is called Matthew 's gospel was written by the apostle . |
| 3 | Now , even those who sincerely hate capitalism find it hard to believe that the example of the third world will save us all . |
| 4 | I find it hard to believe that the answer lies in reciprocity or disguised selfishness in any simple sense . |
| 5 | Discerning Greeks like Thucydides ( i. 10 ) knew that the relative splendour of the physical remains of Sparta and Athens was no index of their real strengths : suppose , he says , that the city of Sparta were to become deserted , future generations would find it hard to believe that the place , an old-fashioned , higgledy-piggledy collection of villages , was really as powerful as it was represented to be ; whereas if the same were to happen to Athens , one would think that she was twice as powerful as she really was . |