Example sentences of "find it [adj] to believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because so few of the policy-makers have had direct experience of business , they seem to find it impossible to believe that when , for instance , interest rates fall , the positive effect on business confidence and hence on investment decisions may take up to three years to work through . |
| 2 | The Chinese seem to find it difficult to believe that foreigners have arm- and leg-muscles the same as themselves ! |
| 3 | Seated beneath a standard lamp , glass in hand , impressionist art on the wall and thick floor-length curtains closed against the night , he found it possible to believe he was almost anywhere but where he really was . |
| 4 | He found it impossible to believe that he had ever been able to write a book or give a lecture , or advise a government . |
| 5 | A day of celebration and a day of tragedy , one superimposed upon the other , so that Amabel , who did not even wish to be rational , found it easy to believe that Ben Braithwaite had broken not only Linnet 's heart , but Gemma 's . |
| 6 | He found it hard to believe that the 3 per cent of allegations of racial discrimination sustained by the authority could reflect the true picture , and he supported an independent investigatory agency to handle all aspects of complaints against the police . |
| 7 | Wilson found it hard to believe Mr Landor had ever written poetry , that he had ever been judged a great poet , but Miss Blagden , who had moved into the Casa Guidi for the winter , swore that he had been much admired and gave her a whole list of his published works . |
| 8 | She found it hard to believe that a Press Officer would be party to evidence of this nature . |
| 9 | She still found it hard to believe that any British ship could be in danger so near to home ; even when Jock had explained that unless a submarine was in water deep enough in which to dive , an escort was essential . |
| 10 | I found it hard to believe that Flora could suffer like other people from minor humiliations , personal relationships . |
| 11 | I found it hard to believe that , even if he had been out of the country , his family could have moved away without his knowing . |
| 12 | So that Clara , although she found it hard to believe that she herself was thus chosen , had no alternative to believing it . |
| 13 | Apparently , she had been taken in by the Madam who ran the house , a woman called Bella Cohen , who adopted her almost as her daughter , by personally , I always found it hard to believe myself . " |
| 14 | Looking back afterwards , Florrie found it hard to believe that such a tragedy could have arisen from such trivial , everyday circumstances . |
| 15 | She still found it hard to believe the Doctor 's explanation . |
| 16 | Thomas found it hard to believe . |
| 17 | Everyone began to listen carefully to the news bulletins on the wireless and to buy newspapers as soon as they were printed , yet people found it hard to believe that war could really happen . |
| 18 | She found it hard to believe that such a thing had happened , and tears came to her eyes . |
| 19 | The same thought had crossed Dalziel 's mind much earlier , but he still found it hard to believe . |
| 20 | She found it hard to believe that Julius would actually carry out his threat to tell the press about that letter , but she could n't be absolutely sure he would n't do it . |
| 21 | They faced each other , and she found it hard to believe that he could be involved in anything underhand . |
| 22 | Now that she was thinking more rationally , all the old doubts came back , and she found it hard to believe that she could have behaved so rashly . |
| 23 | She still found it hard to believe that someone would go to all that trouble just for her . |
| 24 | His reply was so matter-of-fact , so lacking in emotion that she found it hard to believe . |
| 25 | Kate still found it hard to believe that this single-minded , dedicated , successful career man could be so uncertain of himself . |
| 26 | Similarly , I found it hard to believe that Neil Morrissey , as Danny in the Comedy Playhouse pilot Stuck On You , was a sports journalist when he seemed able to fulfil all his professional obligations without leaving his flat . |
| 27 | Curtis found it hard to believe that he was looking at the killer of at least twenty people . |
| 28 | She found it hard to believe , in this day and age , that anyone would react with such loathing to a homosexual advance . |
| 29 | ‘ Yet we have evidence that your uncle did tell Francis something about himself which Francis found it hard to believe . ’ |
| 30 | She watched them go off together , then went in search of Robert , though she found it hard to believe that he really wanted to talk to her . |