Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [be] sure of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now there were few options open to her ; rather on the old side to be sure of getting married , she decided to do what most of those who wanted to survive usually did : she left Frome . |
| 2 | Looking over his shoulder for a second to be sure of his footing , he backed into the water , dragging Carey after him . |
| 3 | No setting off home straight after a quick lunch to be sure of catching the last lift ? |
| 4 | DEFENCES Clive Greenacre , in his distrust , used his wife 's agoraphobia as a defence against his own need to be sure of her being safely where he left her . |
| 5 | This is something that you may feel a need to be sure of , and it is quite possible to devise tests which will give at least a good indication of the likely impact of the ad in these terms . |
| 6 | And you 've also got man 's desire to be sure of achieving success . |
| 7 | Mrs Crumwallis was peering at Bill Muggeridge as if he were some little-known species of the rhinoceros family , and she needed to consult the label on his cage to be sure of his name . |
| 8 | The Glens need to beat Larne at Inver Park to be sure of reaching the quarter-finals and manager Robert Strain is looking to make a few alterations in his line-up . |
| 9 | Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey . |
| 10 | Ingard , guessing wrong about the airport , put in an enormous tender to be sure of getting the land . |
| 11 | It was widely believed that 78-year-old President Kim Il Sung — around whom an extraordinary personality cult had been created — desired that his son should succeed him , but that the younger Kim lacked sufficient authority within either the ruling party or the army to be sure of a smooth succession . |
| 12 | But there 's one thing to be sure of ; their hearts are in this game for keeps . |
| 13 | Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right . |
| 14 | Neither are completely reliable , and the only way to be sure of landing an effective shot is to play the odds — buy several machines ! |
| 15 | She did it by careful eating and taking more exercise and , whatever anyone else tries to tell you , that is the only way to be sure of losing weight . |
| 16 | The quota is the smallest number of votes the candidate has to get in order to be sure of getting a seat . |
| 17 | A government needs to retain the confidence of the House from year to year in order to be sure of this authorisation . |
| 18 | It can be quite difficult , however , to arrange to film next year 's ice cream commercial this August , in order to be sure of sunshine and leaves on the trees , because decisions on products to be advertised might not be taken until the end of the current season . |
| 19 | The history of the royal succession shows time and again that a prince had to prove himself in order to be sure of inheriting a kingdom , and the process of building up a following and prestige was likely to cause some conflict . |