Example sentences of "[be] [adj] believe that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a distance it is easy to believe that a child is counting when in fact he is only reciting a number sequence and touching or moving objects at random . |
| 2 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 3 | It is hard to believe that a World Championship event , which will inevitably lack the close communion of teams , could cap this one . |
| 4 | It 's hard to believe that a car as heavy as the SL can generate such massive grip , yet retain an admirably accomplished ride . |
| 5 | It is difficult to believe that a writer who writes such drivel as does Paul Gallico could be so unpleasantly deluded with grandeur . |
| 6 | It is difficult to believe that a desire to put on a good show at an exhibition could shape a major research programme . |
| 7 | It is difficult to believe that a religion so strongly anti-idolatory would allow such an image to exist in the holiest of shrines . |
| 8 | Even if micro-organisms can be preserved in chert , it is difficult to believe that a creature as large but as fragile and insubstantial as a jellyfish could retain its shape long enough to be fossilised . |