Example sentences of "[coord] it was [adj] [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even from the distance she could see Doreen clasping his arm while looking up into his face , and it was easy to guess that she was pleading to be moved into a chalet . |
| 2 | And it was easy to believe that the evidence for test-tube fusion was fairly solid , good enough that it would be only a matter of time before it was proven definitively , especially with the BYU people already claiming to have some independent evidence . |
| 3 | And it was absurd to think that , by closing down such establishments , prostitution would diminish . |
| 4 | ‘ Gary is always welcome — and it was great to know that young George is getting along fine . |
| 5 | Though he had his doubts about al-Megrahi — his ‘ answers to questions were not always convincing ’ — he found Fhimah ‘ a simple man , and it was hard to believe that he had been involved in a terrorist case . |
| 6 | She was great as Beattie — and it was heartening to find that most of the other winning ads had humorous themes . |
| 7 | The weather was warm and humid and it was difficult to believe that we were now officially in the Arctic . |
| 8 | It was an exhausting process and it was hurtful to think that Tom was so unsure of us . |
| 9 | But it was reasonable to believe that , as the international crisis mounted , the politicians would react differently if surrounded by a mass of mobilized and informed opinion than if left to their own devices . |
| 10 | The swelling made it impossible to discern his expression , but it was easy to see that the lower half of his face would always be grotesquely twisted . |
| 11 | First , he began , and said that Qaddafi did indeed have faults : that was inescapable , all men have faults ; but it was wrong to believe that everything Sadat said about him because Sadat too had faults , and he also had a purpose in saying what he said . |
| 12 | The Paris Boat Show has always provided the platform from which the French boatbuilding industry has launched its new models , but it was interesting to note that more overseas builders were keen to bring their new products to the attention of the French market . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | So far everything had gone our way , but it was hard to believe that the wily old campaigner would not have a few more tricks up his sleeve . |
| 15 | 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 . |