Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] believe [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to believe another child could do such a thing . |
| 2 | It is difficult knowing how far to credit such stories in twelfth-century sources , although given that the Ramsey chronicle is recording the history of its own house , and that the Peterborough source refers to trouble there at the same time , it is reasonable to believe that trouble of some sort there was . |
| 3 | It is easy to believe this story , and sadly expertise in such design , principles and skills , devised in our country , have been neglected here and instead developed abroad to give commercial advantage to other nations . |
| 4 | It is difficult to believe these comments refer to the same Report as that evaluated in a balanced leader in the Independent ( 16 November 1988 ) under the headline ‘ A blow for literacy ’ . |
| 5 | Besides — and in the way the French Army of those days functioned it is hard to believe such considerations did not pass through Joffre 's mind — if things went badly wrong henceforth at Verdun , the Generalissimo 's responsibility would now be shared by another . |
| 6 | Given Labour 's espousal of the goal of a united Ireland , albeit by the consent of the people , it is hard to believe any accommodation could be reached with the Ulster Unionists . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's supposed to believe this fairy story ? ’ |