Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [be] sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we allow 200 msecs per spoken word , on average , then the human listener can require up to 7 words before being sure of an interpretation . |
| 2 | The name of an angel , an archangel to be sure , and therefore linked to Vauban 's motley crew , but also the name of a great Italian painter . |
| 3 | Newcastle United must beat Brian Little 's promotion-pushing Leicester City side at Filbert Street on Saturday to be sure of Second Division safety . |
| 4 | It would be nice to know whether females with high quality mates do indeed succeed in rearing more young than those with low quality mates ; they ought to , but there are n't yet enough data to be sure . |
| 5 | Follow the instructions on the packets to be sure you do n't use more detergent than you need |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I moved on slowly , watching on every side to be sure some monster-rat was n't creeping up on me . |
| 8 | When in 1953 Wyndham Lewis suggested a further campaign to release Pound from confinement , Eliot at first advised against any precipitate step : a number of proposals were being considered — including a letter to President Eisenhower — but he was wary of doing anything from England without being sure that there was approval for such moves in America . |
| 9 | Draft Companies House guidance for foreign companies operating in the UK may not be clear enough for the companies to be sure they are acting within the law , according to the Institute . |
| 10 | Always check the date stamp to be sure . |
| 11 | Looking over his shoulder for a second to be sure of his footing , he backed into the water , dragging Carey after him . |
| 12 | You have to take them to an expert to be sure . |
| 13 | He never committed an army to the field without being sure that he could bring overwhelming force to bear and never fought a battle without being sure he could win it . |
| 14 | There is one community that is chortling to itself over IBM Corp 's worldwide shredding of its mainframe price list , and that is the big leasing companies : while any prudent data processing manager has to call in Amdahl Corp , Hitachi Data Systems Ltd and Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH to be sure that the bid is n't a rip-off , there is still the nagging doubt that other people may be getting much better deals from IBM , and the only community that sees a wide variety of deals going down is the leasing fraternity , and the big ones say their people have n't been so busy in ages ; the effect of all this is to stretch out the buying process by weeks , to the likely detriment of the IBM first quarter figures . |
| 15 | No setting off home straight after a quick lunch to be sure of catching the last lift ? |
| 16 | ‘ Everybody 's a contender , ’ Maxim said , so softly that Agnes had to think for a moment to be sure what she 'd heard . |
| 17 | They now need only to beat Finland on 15 November to be sure of their place in Italy . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And you 've also got man 's desire to be sure of achieving success . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There are exceptions to be sure , but my best paintings are usually from older parts of the city . |
| 23 | There are exceptions to be sure , but my best paintings are usually from older parts of the city . |
| 24 | Customers must check statements to be sure of their accuracy . |
| 25 | We settled on a classic rock climb from the Etançons valley — the West-South-West Ridge of the Pic Nord des Cavales : a mouthful of a name to be sure and not a route well known outside the area , but Collomb assures of its worth : |
| 26 | This is anecdotal evidence to be sure , but it lends support to a considerable body of opinion which sees training of children as either inadequate or ineffective : |
| 27 | This is anecdotal evidence to be sure , but given the lack of any measures to enforce the speed limit it was hard to see how any safety gains had been made here at all . |
| 28 | Balor grinned at Snodgrass and smacked his lips and grabbed the cask of mead and thought that had n't the Humans strange , mimsing appetites to be sure . |
| 29 | Perhaps we should conduct annual examinations from an early age to be sure that we do as little of this sort of damage as possible ? |
| 30 | Whatever the policy , it 's vital to check details to be sure it 's what you want . |