Example sentences of "[vb base] to be sure of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to be sure of having deterred the enemy , you have to fire first . |
| 2 | And these are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself if you want to be sure of financial security ! |
| 3 | If you want to be sure of the presence of another rabbit , put more pressure on the line and the ferret will then emerge . |
| 4 | You want to be sure of |
| 5 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 6 | Like I have to be sure of him . |
| 7 | Do n't say , ‘ Oh , if we have a wine and cheese party , it 'll bring something in ’ , when you need to be sure of raising £300 . |
| 8 | G. To be successful farmers need to be sure of being able to sell their outputs at reasonable prices . |
| 9 | We need to be sure of the relevance of the circumstances Paul is describing if we are to seek to apply his principles to our lives now . |
| 10 | Finally , and most importantly , we need to be sure of the reliability of the information . |