Example sentences of "[be] to [be] sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What a bloodthirsty little creature you are to be sure ! ’ said Biff , with a hint of admiration . |
| 2 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 3 | ‘ Then what an unfeeling little brute you are to be sure . |
| 4 | And grand it is to be sure . |
| 5 | Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it . |
| 6 | There is a readily identified ‘ central government interest ’ within the state of destination where considerations of sovereignty may be seen to be involved and where some knowledge of the nature of the documents is necessary if the state of destination is to be sure that its public policy ( e.g. as to bank secrecy ) is not offended . |
| 7 | She was to be sure to concentrate first on the relaxation part of the exercise , and was to stop immediately if she felt herself becoming at all upset . |
| 8 | He knew that if he was to be sure of winning he had to hole it . |
| 9 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |