Example sentences of "need to be certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | FACING PAGE While the big outdoors is an exciting adventure for a puppy you will need to be certain that your back yard is properly fenced with no gaps through which the puppy could wander further afield . |
| 2 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 3 | These may or may not have significance ; what needs to be certain is that descriptions are accurate , for if they are wrong , deductions from them will be valueless . |
| 4 | There were many good reasons for adopting the latter course as Claudius badly needed to be certain of the loyalty of his army , and there was no better opportunity for obtaining this than the prospect of a great victory . |
| 5 | We need to be certain that the revelation stems from God ; and we can not be as certain of this as we are of our reason-based knowledge of the particular truth in question . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ The Queen could concede that with inflation being rather different from what was anticipated in 1990 , there need to be certain adjustments . |
| 7 | In particular , you need to be certain about how many assignments you will be given and when you are expected to hand them in . |
| 8 | Both individuals and employers need to be certain that SCOTVEC 's qualifications are : |
| 9 | What we need to be certain about is that whatever society is involved in or whatever organisation is involved in balloting that it should be seen to be done properly . |