Example sentences of "[be] hard believe [that] [det] " in BNC.

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1 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 " .
2 It is hard to believe that any fall in Polly Peck-owned Vestel 's share price could be mostly due to the Gulf crisis
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings .
8 It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it .
9 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 .
10 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 .
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