Example sentences of "am sure that he " in BNC.

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1 He was less sympathetic than I would have expected , but I am sure that he will send her home if she is unwell . ’
2 I am sure that he lost many customers because of his habit of popping across the road to his favourite tippling place The William the Fourth .
3 I am sure that he will not be preaching an anti-Christian message .
4 His painting gives us much pleasure — he did splendidly to find his way so well with his painting — and I am sure that he must have responded to being appreciated for his work as well as for his teaching .
5 ‘ He [ Mr Lamont ] decided that it was necessary to increase taxes and I am sure that he was right .
6 I am sure that he is also aware of the view of the majority of those people that the Government should re-establish the Mid-Wales health authority .
7 I regret that I can not quote the Minister exactly , but I am sure that he will tell me if my paraphrase is inaccurate .
8 The Minister ought to accept this group of amendments in principle on ethical grounds and I am sure that he will do so .
9 I am sure that he will consider the hon. Gentleman 's representations , which are always carefully put and taken seriously .
10 I am sure that he agrees that we should not dock the benefit of deserving mums .
11 My hon. Friend will realise that his statement on corporation tax for small companies needs slight adjustment and I am sure that he is considering a major adjustment on capital gains , which I understand is one of the taxes where the cost of collection exceeds the revenue .
12 The hon. Gentleman 's points are well made and I am sure that he will draw them to the attention of the chief constable .
13 I am sure that he is right in saying that the reduced pupil-teacher ratio provides children with an advantage , and also in pointing out that the quality of teaching and the ability of teachers is at least as important .
14 I am sure that he also welcomes today 's news that the Abbey National , Halifax and Nationwide building societies are reducing their lending rates to , as they put it , give a fillip to the housing market .
15 I am sure that he is aware of the total lack of adequate funding for roads , transport and the environment in Northern Ireland , especially now that the Secretary of State has imposed a total moratorium on all public spending in Northern Ireland .
16 I will confirm to the right hon. Gentleman , as I am sure that he will be pleased to hear what the European Community has to say , that the United Kingdom is the only country where signals of a sustained economic recovery are discernible , by contrast with a tendency towards gradual slackening of growth continuing in Germany , France , Italy , Spain , the Netherlands and Portugal .
17 I am sure that he will wish to join me in congratulating the governors , the headmaster and the parents involved in the school on their wisdom in applying for grant-maintained status so as to free themselves from the bureaucracy and interference of the local education authority .
18 If the Minister can not tell us how many women have been appointed , will he tell us a statistic that I am sure that he will know ?
19 I am sure that he was as pleased as I was that the Parliamentary Secretary , my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon ( Mr. Curry ) , spent some time last week promoting British lamb in the middle of France .
20 Obviously , military research is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence , but I am sure that he would argue , as I would , that there is considerable civilian spin-off from all the advances made in the development of military equipment , and that includes the consequences for the electronics industry and others .
21 I am sure that he will not neglect the parliamentary context — which my hon. Friend leads in the IPU .
22 If he saw those for himself , I am sure that he would agree that they are of low quality , given the volume of traffic using them every day .
23 He called for a reduction in the special car tax , and I am sure that he will be delighted that it has been halved .
24 If the hon. Gentleman is in contact with the CBI on Humberside , I am sure that he will have noticed its comments on the Budget .
25 It is , however , something that he will be given by Conservative Members and I am sure that he will want to make the most of it before — sadly — he retires from our midst at the next general election .
26 I am sure that he would agree that the real problem is that local authorities across the country can not spend the necessary money on our elderly people because of the capping regime imposed by central Government .
27 I am sure that he is honest and believes that that is so .
28 The most comforting assurance that I can give the hon. Gentleman , which I am sure that he will welcome , is that the results of the study will be made public .
29 He has a local European Member of Parliament and I am sure that he is aware of ways by which he can speed up replies .
30 I am sure that he did not intend to insult thereby the professionals involved — the assessors — who will be responsible for the valuation and the Commissioners of Inland Revenue , who are responsible for ensuring consistency in the way in which the valuation is undertaken throughout the country .
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