Example sentences of "was hard [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings .
2 It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it .
3 It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty .
4 It was hard to believe that most of these islands were populated and we often caught glimpses of island ferries plying industriously between lonely rockbound piers .
5 Colonies were very handy bargaining counters if a state wanted to concede something less important than territory in Europe , but it was hard to imagine that any country would want to take all of its rivals ' imperial possessions .
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