Example sentences of "be [adv] certain that " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'm fairly certain that it was twice . |
| 32 | Okay , so trial and error and involved with trial and error is something that I 'm almost certain that Assa and David are going to er , |
| 33 | We can be virtually certain that the monarch in question is a queen , because of the restricting effect of the context on the general meaning of monarch . |
| 34 | I 'm virtually certain that the woman from whom we had most of the aggravation had been . |
| 35 | If they differed substantially in their subsequent support for the candidates , then we could be almost certain that the phoney poll information they were fed contributed to which candidate they supported . |
| 36 | ‘ And I 'm quite certain that the series of injuries was no more than an unfortunate set of coincidences . ’ |
| 37 | Erm , on the emergency call out I getting surprised that this council insist that it 's lit if we do n't need it er at all service , I 'm sure , I 'm quite certain that we have never been told that there 's always been a question of anything that goes to actually give us a better call out service . |
| 38 | Lydia was not exactly terrified , but she was sitting very , very still so that if there was the slightest noise she could be quite certain that it was not she who had caused it . |
| 39 | Where a road which bears all the marks of having been laid out by the enclosure commissioners makes , at longish intervals , a sudden right-angled bend , sometimes two bends in quick succession , one can be pretty certain that though it was planned by the commissioners it follows an even older line from one village to the next , a line which had deviated in the same way around the heads of medieval furlongs . |
| 40 | Now I 'm pretty certain that you do that and it 's it 's a bit of erm there 's qui quite a bit in it . |
| 41 | I 'm absolutely certain that once you 've got the people there , once you 've got the contracts in place , the er , the people employed will deliver a high quality service . |
| 42 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 43 | ‘ Well , ’ I said , ‘ no one could be absolutely certain that Harry would be spiked and drown immediately . |
| 44 | With all his elaborate political machinery — his control of all the tradesmen in the town and of all the town 's six advowsons , his ownership of some two hundred houses each carrying a vote , his absolute control of the Mayor , the corporation and all the corporation offices — the Marquess of Exeter could not be absolutely certain that the remaining voters would not one day oust his candidates . |
| 45 | ‘ The findings clearly demonstrate the real value to a company of an informative and well designed staff newspaper , and now that we have added to that by taking some of the readers ’ suggestions on board , we can be absolutely certain that Frontline has a style and format most staff find appealing . ’ |
| 46 | The hon. Gentleman can be absolutely certain that we agree that the measures proposed by Mr. MacSharry are to the detriment of his farmers and farmers in every corner of the United Kingdom . |
| 47 | In this case we can be absolutely certain that the two bird species have invented echolocation independently of bats , and independently of each other . |
| 48 | Of that I have no doubt , but I am equally certain that it was his own hands which fastened his belt around his neck and fumbled for the window bar . |
| 49 | Yet we are equally certain that IBM 's creative urges will ultimately be expressed in the form of cinematic accomplishments of great merit and cultural value , to say nothing of bankability . |
| 50 | You do n't let yourself into someone else 's flat to use the telephone unless you are quite certain that he wo n't be coming back while you 're there , and that means that you know he is far enough away for you to be safe . |
| 51 | We should wait until we are quite certain that all is well . |
| 52 | I am quite certain that this can be achieved . |
| 53 | The manner in which the security forces in Northern Ireland conduct themselves commands the admiration of all , and I am quite certain that the hon. Gentleman did not intend to impute any lack of commitment to them . |
| 54 | ‘ I am quite certain that you will . |
| 55 | And I am almost certain that each one was included in the following year 's NIBA team . |
| 56 | In the case of music examinations there are doubtless some teachers who keep their pupils back and refuse to enter them for an examination unless they are virtually certain that they will succeed . |
| 57 | ‘ Mr Glastonbury , I 'm afraid we are virtually certain that the Admiral was killed by a member of the committee . ’ |
| 58 | At the time both critics and audiences were fairly certain that what they liked about these films was their wit , their tempo , their sensational hints of violence and sex , their authentic urban feel , and the utterly realistic acting . |
| 59 | We were pretty certain that there were people alive aboard the Delos and we were also pretty certain that there was no one alive aboard that plane . ’ |
| 60 | They had decided against inviting Bill O'Farrell , the agent , or Leroy Burns , Grunte 's ‘ minder ’ , as the conspirators were pretty certain that those two would leak everything to the MP . |