Example sentences of "be not [adv] sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not even sure we would say that the parrot had said it was going to the bank , that is , had made an assertion . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not even sure they will be enough to crew the boat upriver . ’ |
| 3 | I am not even sure that the Department 's officials knew , but if they did , and they took no action , they are culpable in the extreme . |
| 4 | I am not yet sure . |
| 5 | What inspired that view I am not completely sure . |
| 6 | I am not quite sure how to train my dog . |
| 7 | On the other hand there are , in some people 's opinions , sinister overtones of being able to keep tabs on a person 's movements , though how that differs from the present system I am not quite sure . |
| 8 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not quite sure , ’ the writer said , ‘ why these American officers were in the Catalinas ’ , and he went on to say that if they did play a valuable part in the operation , the Admiralty might care to recognize their services . |
| 10 | No details were discussed : ‘ I was n't there more than a couple of minutes , but I did n't feel rushed and I am not quite sure how I was shown the door . |
| 11 | What this latter achieves I am not quite sure , but I have yet to hear of a gardener who has experienced any problems with free lime after following this recommendation . |
| 12 | ‘ I am not quite sure how I did that . |
| 13 | I am not quite sure from the map where Presteigne station was , but it looks as if the PCBCR would not have run into it directly , merely to a junction outside the town . |
| 14 | I am not quite sure what is meant by a ‘ consolidated description of the route ’ , as mentioned in the letter . |
| 15 | I drank my coffee and listened while you talked about the Government 's commitment to looking at the quality of life you should be working towards for our people ( or that we should be working towards for your people — I am not quite sure whether your use of the words ‘ we ’ and ‘ our ’ included me or not ) ; but before I could raise the questions that remained in my mind from the night before — let alone my new uncertainty as to what exactly was meant by the expression ‘ the quality of life ’ — a young man had come in and murmured something to you about ‘ the Governor ’ and ‘ the Bank ’ . |
| 16 | In the middle of page twenty eight , George lists all his different erm qualifications that he says he has and , I am not quite sure what an is an M A Master of Arts , P H D which is a doctor of erm philosophy and and he puts them all together to make up this word , ABMAPHD which does n't exist obviously as a real word . |
| 17 | Standing on top of the Mexican pavilion , still an empty shell with a few plants sprinkled over the roof and a 1,500-year-old cactus guarding the entrance , he said : ‘ I am not only sure that Expo will be ready on the day . |
| 18 | I am not very sure what 's wrong with her but I can tell by the way they start discussing the weather when I come into the room that it must be Women 's Trouble . |
| 19 | I am not very sure that things are very much better now , but at least the days are longer and we probably wo n't suffer a power cut tonight . |
| 20 | And I am not really sure of it at all , she thought , standing up and looking about her . |
| 21 | I am not too sure now . |
| 22 | I am not too sure that we would get too many Tories to sign . |
| 23 | I am not so sure about the Japanese honeymoon couples . |
| 24 | Admittedly , in recent years , top coaches such as ‘ Chalkie ’ White at Leicester and Alan Davies at Nottingham has provided a focus and created a centre of excellence which has attracted players but I am not so sure that the same parameters still apply . |
| 25 | ‘ You like this Giuoco Piano opening ? ’ says Sergei , and then I am not so sure . |
| 26 | I did and I passed the exam ( which seemed very important at the time , although now I am not so sure ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I am not so sure the awards were conceived for people such as sportsmen and businessmen who are paid to do their job . ’ |
| 28 | One minute I feel she is and then I am not so sure . |
| 29 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 30 | Her friends here in the House say she would make an excellent mouthpiece , but I am not so sure . |