Example sentences of "it is [adj] believe that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , it is difficult to believe that this amounts to as much as £30 per hour . |
| 5 | By day , Claxby signal box is warm and friendly and it is difficult to believe that any mysterious events could take place there . |
| 6 | It is difficult to believe that any of the characters examined by Burdon could be selectively neutral . |
| 7 | However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is hard to believe that any fall in Polly Peck-owned Vestel 's share price could be mostly due to the Gulf crisis |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |