Example sentences of "it [adj] [to-vb] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had initially found it impossible to believe that a respected , churchgoing man could have been pushed beyond the limit of his endurance and have killed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She found it hard to believe that a Press Officer would be party to evidence of this nature . |
| 4 | I find it hard to believe that an attractive man like you lacks feminine company . ’ |
| 5 | Mathematicians find it useful to assume that a tiny part of the circumference of a large circle can be regarded as straight . |
| 6 | The values of judges in the deep south of the United States of America , who have held it defamatory to suggest that a white person has coloured blood , would not be shared in England . |
| 7 | I find it difficult to believe that a male Oscar would let a female spawn on her own — unless she was so much larger than him that he dare not go near . |
| 8 | I find it difficult to believe that a bank like the NatWest ca n't offer any more appropriate type of account than this ‘ small business account ’ |
| 9 | In what sense is it true to say that a watch or an airliner or an earwig or a person is complex , but the moon is simple ? |
| 10 | Neither is it valid to assume that a full stop indicates sentence termination . |