Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [be] certain that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I doubt if Andrew , as a Lowlander , ever wore the kilt and I am certain that his skills as a piper were not of a high standard . |
| 2 | That did not prevent Somerset Maugham , in the sanctuary of a villa in the south of France , from shuddering at the private fantasy of a shaggy-haired mob seizing sudden sway in literary London — an effect , as he imagined , of the welfare state ; and he was certain that their social origins were unprecedentedly humble . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether it has made any difference , but now we 're obliged to abandon some of our defences and it 's certain that your presence can no longer help us . |
| 4 | I still have no explanation for why things needed to be weighed in this area , and what connection it could have with the watering hole , but I am certain that my finds from the four sides of the pond resulted from these activities . |
| 5 | He was just a silhouette against the intense blaze , but she was certain that his mouth was open and that he was singing . |
| 6 | True , his work on a new novel has been disrupted , delayed , by his recent prodigious political efforts , but he is certain that his writing will survive , even when normality does n't . |