Example sentences of "[pers pn] hard [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that we may find it hard to suppose that facts can cause anything ; surely they are too inert to affect the way the world goes , even where that world is the merely mental world of beliefs . |
| 2 | No — the government will find it hard to sustain that again , when there has been no army in the field against them — no pitched battles — no weapons , even . |
| 3 | Some people find it hard to accept that Jesus would utter such a cry of despair . |
| 4 | Gertrude Joyce , at least , found it hard to accept that she was a foreigner in the town where she had been born and she had lived until she was over twenty-five years old . |
| 5 | But I find it hard to accept that all our land should be so buttoned up , and that we should allow ourselves the arrogant and indulgent belief — against every lesson in history — that we can run things better than nature . |
| 6 | For one thing , he found it hard to accept that anyone who lacked the advantage of being American could pose much of a threat , and for another , he needed every scrap of material he could get from any quarter , even the newspapers , to sustain the nonstop barrage of reports he was firing into headquarters . |
| 7 | With so many awkward questions hanging over the case , Coleman found it hard to imagine that the government would take it into court — and was not at all reassured by the thought . |
| 8 | Fran had read all she could about Luke Calder before the interview and knew that he came from the poorest part of Glasgow and that he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work and determination , but , looking at him now , she found it hard to imagine that he had come from anything but a moneyed background . |
| 9 | Mr Hooke says he finds it hard to imagine that a company as large as Raytheon would propose a £250m takeover without knowing how Corporate Jets would fit into its existing operations . |
| 10 | He found it hard to believe that the 3 per cent of allegations of racial discrimination sustained by the authority could reflect the true picture , and he supported an independent investigatory agency to handle all aspects of complaints against the police . |
| 11 | However , given that such maps exist , I find it hard to believe that distances could be estimated by a method analogous to using Pythagoras ' theorem . |
| 12 | During the War of Independence Glasgow merchants had found it hard to believe that anything could ever threaten their old , safe monopoly in sugar , cotton , and the ‘ golden weed ’ . |
| 13 | I sincerely hope that it has been picked up by accident and that I will be re-united with it soon , as I find it hard to believe that such an incident could lead to its deliberate theft . |
| 14 | I find it hard to believe that the answer lies in reciprocity or disguised selfishness in any simple sense . |
| 15 | I find it hard to believe that so fundamental a process is not governed by principles just as elegant and universal as those uncovered in relation to molecular genetics . |
| 16 | I find it hard to believe that someone can really care for me |
| 17 | People who hear themselves for the first time on a tape-recorder often find it hard to believe that the stranger talking is actually them . |
| 18 | Now , even those who sincerely hate capitalism find it hard to believe that the example of the third world will save us all . |
| 19 | She found it hard to believe that a Press Officer would be party to evidence of this nature . |
| 20 | She still found it hard to believe that any British ship could be in danger so near to home ; even when Jock had explained that unless a submarine was in water deep enough in which to dive , an escort was essential . |
| 21 | They have found it hard to believe that 100 shares bought in 1973 for £145 are now worth nearly £7,900 . |
| 22 | Taunton fans might find it hard to believe that anyone doubts Cook 's ability after three bountiful seasons in the West Country . |
| 23 | I found it hard to believe that Flora could suffer like other people from minor humiliations , personal relationships . |
| 24 | I find it hard to believe that my paintings now sell in London and many other places ! |
| 25 | I found it hard to believe that , even if he had been out of the country , his family could have moved away without his knowing . |
| 26 | I find it hard to believe that this amount would be likely to deter someone from participating in a tournament . |
| 27 | So that Clara , although she found it hard to believe that she herself was thus chosen , had no alternative to believing it . |
| 28 | Discerning Greeks like Thucydides ( i. 10 ) knew that the relative splendour of the physical remains of Sparta and Athens was no index of their real strengths : suppose , he says , that the city of Sparta were to become deserted , future generations would find it hard to believe that the place , an old-fashioned , higgledy-piggledy collection of villages , was really as powerful as it was represented to be ; whereas if the same were to happen to Athens , one would think that she was twice as powerful as she really was . |
| 29 | I find it hard to believe that such a plain omission was not deliberate , but here maybe is a matter for consideration by Lautro , S.I.B . |
| 30 | Looking back afterwards , Florrie found it hard to believe that such a tragedy could have arisen from such trivial , everyday circumstances . |