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

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1 So much has been written about Monteverdi 's L'Orfeo that it may be difficult to believe that many of the puzzles can be answered through a study of Renaissance humanistic traditions .
2 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 .
3 It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift .
4 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 .
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 , it is difficult to believe that this amounts to as much as £30 per hour .
8 The damaged vegetation grew back very quickly in the following months , and by the end of 1992 it was difficult to believe that such a wide swathe had originally been bulldozed .
9 As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat .
10 In some cases they may explode or manage to throw off enough matter to reduce their mass below the limit and so avoid catastrophic gravitational collapse , but it was difficult to believe that this always happened , no matter how big the star .
11 It was difficult to believe that these birds had been harvested for food on Mykines for generations , or to argue against the Faroese claim that the strict regulations which apply to the fowling are designed to ensure that the population numbers are not adversely affected .
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