Example sentences of "was [adj] to believe that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a raw spring day at Shingle Street last week , it was easy to believe that this tiny hamlet held some great mystery . |
| 2 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 3 | It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was safer to believe that all women were opportunists and all friends traitors . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |