Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] that [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 This makes it possible to believe that God can relate to us , and that he can reach out to us and transform our nature .
2 The first is that we may find it hard to suppose that facts can cause anything ; surely they are too inert to affect the way the world goes , even where that world is the merely mental world of beliefs .
3 Some people find it hard to accept that Jesus would utter such a cry of despair .
4 When Peter Adamson wrote the NI 's first editorial back in 1973 he would have found it hard to believe that things could get much worse in the field of trade — but they have .
5 I found it hard to believe that Flora could suffer like other people from minor humiliations , personal relationships .
6 However , given that such maps exist , I find it hard to believe that distances could be estimated by a method analogous to using Pythagoras ' theorem .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Finally , we have found it salutary to remember that teachers will use the program in quite different ways and it is they who will manage and build the total activity .
10 The imprecision in definition of core services will make it difficult to ensure that people will have access to appropriate , locally-based services , regardless of where they live .
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