Example sentences of "[modal v] assure " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then , possibly , you will be able to develop some goals that will assure you attain those purposes . |
| 32 | A confident , positive smile will assure them you are motivated and energetic . ’ |
| 33 | Cross-cultural differences are difficult to research even though anyone who works in different cultures will assure you they exist . |
| 34 | And of course I am not an unworldly man — the Earl , my brother , whom I 'm sure you will meet , will assure you that I am , by his standards , too interested in confirming and enlarging the wealth of the estates — and indeed on my visits to Egypt and Turkey and the New World I have , I may say , made a purchase here , an investment there … ’ |
| 35 | Even as they dodge through the traffic clogging Kiev 's main street , Kreshchatik , pedestrians will assure you that it is no longer possible to buy petrol . |
| 36 | I hope that , when we come to that part of the Bill in Committee , the Minister will assure us that the association has been consulted and its fears allayed . |
| 37 | I hope that the Minister of State will provide information tonight that will assure the House that something positive will be done . |
| 38 | We expect some firm proposals from the Minister tonight , or at least when we debate this matter in Committee , that will assure the House that something will be done about this very dangerous situation . |
| 39 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ Well , apart from the potted shrimps I think I can assure you , Inspector , that one way and another all the other dishes were shared . ’ |
| 41 | You can assure your child that kissing and hugging are not dangerous . |
| 42 | Those of us who have worked within the education system , in social priority areas , since the Sixties , can assure Janet Daley that these children have not been abandoned to a type of educational apartheid . |
| 43 | Well , I can assure you that if you were to go and look it up , you 'd find complaints against policemen in Easton . |
| 44 | I can assure Solzhenitsyn that the method works admirably , ‘ right ’ or ‘ no right ’ . |
| 45 | ‘ I can assure you , ’ he told Tom Driberg , ‘ that if I was left as free a hand in French Indochina and the Netherlands East Indies as I was left in Burma , I could solve both these problems by the same methods ; though it is heartbreaking to have to leave the political control to other nations when we are really in military control . ’ |
| 46 | But I can assure you appropriate action will be taken when we have found the guilty party … ’ |
| 47 | I was worried about the latter but I can assure you here that there is little cause for concern . |
| 48 | I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of implementation of the report . ’ |
| 49 | But he promised : ‘ I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of the implementation of the report . ’ |
| 50 | The man regarded by Peter Swales , at Manchester City , as a little dull , introduced himself at Oakwell by saying : ‘ It may take a little time , but I can assure you that we will get promotion within three years . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ he has written , ‘ some western writers are longing for subjects provided by violent historical change , but I can assure [ them$ that we , ie , natives of hazy Eastern regions , perceive history as a curse and prefer to restore to literature its autonomy , dignity and independence from social pressures . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ And I can assure you that he is my old friend Spiggy Meu . |
| 53 | Not all of this man 's behaviour has yet been revealed , of course , but I can assure you that there is one incident to come which in itself justifies almost any degree of the pain that has so far been applied to his brain and his skin and his bones . |
| 54 | If you do , I can assure you we shall be in your debt and we shall play for you as though you were Mahler himself . ’ |
| 55 | But you do n't need to be fast to beat a Russian 's footwork , I can assure you . ’ |
| 56 | They 'll be bargains , I can assure you . ’ |
| 57 | His holiday has just ended , I can assure you . ’ |
| 58 | I have lived in many parts of America , and I can assure you all that Hawaii is as breathtaking as you imagine , that the charm of the Old South is living on in Charleston , and that colonial America will come alive in the small towns of New England , particularly in the autumn when , in the words of Henry James , the ‘ weather is like tinkling crystal and the colours like molten jewels . ’ |
| 59 | Nevertheless , the director of quality for the new Anglian Water plc , Peter Matthews , told the press , ‘ I can assure all our consumers that the water we are providing from the reservoir is absolutely safe to drink . ’ |
| 60 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |