Example sentences of "to believe that this [adj] [noun] " 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 | ‘ Hard to believe that this much litter could be caused by a few inebriated louts . ’ |
| 3 | It said : ‘ If it becomes known that UK companies have supplied equipment for manufacture of munitions we could truthfully say that when the licences were issued we had no reason to believe that this civilian equipment was for other than general industrial purposes . ’ |
| 4 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 5 | It is hard to believe that this 8,000 acre agricultural estate owned by the Crown was once a small mid-river sandbank often submerged by spring tides . |
| 6 | Only if the Westminster Government and its back-benchers are made to believe that this continuing insult to a noble and valuable aspect of Scotland 's heritage will cost them crucial votes will they even begin to take serious notice . |