Example sentences of "[be] [adv] sure that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am jolly sure that they would not let the government of the day , or their contemporary House of Commons , forget how important it is to supply water and to look after the sewers and drains . |
| 2 | If you want to know how I , and , incidentally , Joanna , are so sure that you and Robert love each other … well , it 's in your eyes when you talk to him , in the way he tenses up when he sees you — there 's a magnetism between you that is almost visible . ’ |
| 3 | Maggie had never bothered to resist their reasoning , and she folded her clothes partly from the natural instinct of obedience , and partly because she had never been entirely sure that these external appendages did indeed belong to her , Maggie Petherington , or if perhaps they were loans from the mysterious outer world ; loans that would doubtless be called in some day . |
| 4 | If the justices had applied the wrong criteria as to what constituted a breach of the peace in the case of the mother-in-law , it is difficult to see how the court could have been so sure that the justices had applied the right criteria to the decision of the policeman . |
| 5 | No wonder Folly had been so sure that Tony was the one … |
| 6 | She 'd been so sure that Marianne would waste no time in spreading her poison — now she did n't know how to start explaining her disappearance . |
| 7 | For she had been so sure that , once he had turned the matter over in a cooler frame of mind , he would recognise and acknowledge her innocence . |
| 8 | For a few minutes she stood in shocked silence ; she had been so sure that the rider from the woods had been herself … but now , realizing that the lover she had seen had been Morthen , she felt angry and upset . |
| 9 | And for one moment , when his eyes had opened and he had looked at her , she had been so sure that he had loved her back . |
| 10 | Which you would have done in the first place , Lowell thought , if you had n't been so sure that Rose was here . |
| 11 | They would also assume the validity of the religious starting-point , and while acknowledging that faith should never be forced onto people — that freedom is essential for real religious awareness to develop — they are nevertheless sure that they are right and that no teacher will be misleading the young if they teach religion straight . |
| 12 | I am not sure that many authorities appreciate this . ’ |
| 13 | Incidentally , I am not sure that Cameron should admit this fact since it will make anyone who wants to buy her movie positively glow with pleasure at the thought of paying her practically nothing for it . |
| 14 | I am not sure that on record it makes all that much difference to have 24 baroque oboes , as here , instead of 12 or so , but the sound of so many along with 12 bassoons , nine trumpets , nine trumpets and four sets of timpani is mightily impressive , and the more attractive for a rhythmic bounce . |
| 15 | I am not sure that your contemporaries at home will be so lucky . |
| 16 | I AM not sure that the XJ220 , costing £400,000 and capable of 200mph , represents the most suitable symbol for Jaguar in these recessionary times . |
| 17 | Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later . |
| 18 | I am not sure that we would think the dancing , except by some of the principals , quite so wonderful by today 's standards , but we saw it with different eyes then , and John would have for comparison his memories of the Cape Town Ballet Club 's brave but handicapped attempt at the last act of the ballet , Aurora 's Wedding . |
| 19 | The tracks vary in their individual interest , and I am not sure that there is enough variety in the textures to warrant playing the CD from beginning to end . |
| 20 | In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April . |
| 21 | But I am not sure that they add to it , either ; this is the whole problem of the fresco . |
| 22 | I am not sure that she even knows the word ‘ special ’ ; and phrases like ‘ learning difficulties ’ , ‘ becomes anxious ’ , ‘ experienced ’ are not necessarily familiar . |
| 23 | However , I am not sure that even in this case an exception must automatically be made . |
| 24 | I am not sure that I can do so , but with even × 7 binoculars they are clear enough . |
| 25 | we are safe , but I am not sure that it is a good thing on the whole . |
| 26 | I am not sure that you will agree with me , but I have no doubt about it ; our Parry on the old lines will have no future in the life of this Country ( Hear , hear ) . |
| 27 | I agree with the statement but I am not sure that it is our particular job to convey this message . |
| 28 | Nozick wants to show us that we can suppose this ; but I am not sure that I really want to ( or ought to want to ) . |
| 29 | Bid array also has an odd local cult , or did have , for I am not sure that it is still practised , in the worship of a headless and anonymous saint in a cave nearby . |
| 30 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |