Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] hard believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | His account of the Italian is sheer joy from beginning to end , and it 's hard to believe that he was almost 87 . |
| 2 | And it 's hard to believe that just four months ago he underwent surgery to have an artificial knee and a steel plate put into his leg . |
| 3 | In Milan the victims and suspected victims — and it is hard to believe that non-sufferers ever survived being suspected sufferers — were herded in to a custom-built enclosure . |
| 4 | Rent 's supposed allies appear little more than an improbable amalgam of all those who might be opposed to the regime of Mortimer and Isabella , and it is hard to believe that the conspiracy had such wide-ranging support . |
| 5 | Ricci gave a spectacular concert one evening , and it is hard to believe that he is now 75 years old ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nuclear power may be in eclipse , but it is hard to believe that it — and the fast reactor — will not return to favour as carbon dioxide increases and the greenhouse effect 's regime becomes more severe . |
| 8 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 9 | How much the meeting was told about the previous shipments to Iran is unclear but it is hard to believe that those present were not aware of them . |
| 10 | I could understand one man imagining that he saw a person in the immediate area of the box but it is hard to believe that two level-headed signalmen could have been mistaken enough to be confused by the same phenomenon . |
| 11 | But it is hard to believe that three such bumblers could ever have got the paper off the ground . |
| 12 | Perhaps this is considered too expensive , but it is hard to believe that 240 doctors can be trained at no capital cost , even if there is head space at medical schools . |
| 13 | The ideological points are still there but it 's hard to believe that totalitarian regimentation could be so tight . |
| 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 . |