Example sentences of "[be] not certain that " in BNC.

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1 ‘ For I am weary ’ , he wrote , ‘ with rowing up and down in the seas of questions , which the interests of Christendom have commenced , and in many propositions of which I am not certain that I am not deceived . ’
2 However , I am not certain that such a point of order falls within my area of responsibility .
3 I am not certain that the honorary colonel of the regiment was given the notice that he could expect .
4 . The erm the gist of it sir is that English Nature er carried out er last year a survey of ponds in this area , though we are not certain that they were able , owing to the exigences er created by the attitudes of certain landowners , er to erm investigate every pond in the area .
5 Anyway , I 'm not certain that I like him .
6 Taylor joked : ‘ I 'm not certain that , with a three-day get-together for England games , he could get back from Japan . ’
7 I 'm not I 'm not certain that the charity are having one here this year .
8 ‘ I 'm not certain that it was n't deliberate . ’
9 ‘ I 'm not certain that it ‘ s salvageable , ’ said Lili .
10 But er I 'm not certain that the criterion two of edge two is in there anywhere .
11 Yes , erm , I had in mind that , is there a seconder to that ? my own view is that erm , and that goes for most of the way for dealing with the problem , but I think it would be appropriate for this committee to make it clear that erm , any extension of the maximum aggregate for the current financial year will be met by an appropriate reduction or a corresponding reduction in the expenditure for ninety four ninety five , erm and I 'm not certain that that 's absolutely clear to the public or indeed to all members of
12 I think the most important thing is to make clear , I 'm hoping to make clear somewhere that next year this council will have a members allowance budget which is one and a half percent more than this year , at the maximum , and it may not even have that I 'm not certain that we 've agreed that with the policy committee , I do n't know if anybody knows if we have
13 I I 'm not certain that they were particularly group organised , but er , certainly I shall be looking forward to deposit a large number of files there from our group .
14 ‘ The [ Son-of-Sam ] statute represents a response to the outrage expressed by the public at an offender 's ability to profit from his wrong ; but what publisher could contract with an offender if he were not certain that the public 's response to the offender 's story would generate enough profit to make his efforts worthwhile ? ’
15 Even if things go fairly badly it is not certain that voters would turn to Labour as economic saviour .
16 However , it is not certain that this completely solves the problem .
17 It is not certain that a majority of the parliament will follow him when a free vote is held on the question of where Germany 's government should be .
18 It is not certain that Warrington , best remembered as Philip in Rising Damp , actually swallowed the medicine , but his performances have since had great zest .
19 The problem with placing Mary Leapor within this discussion is that it is not certain that she read any of the poems with which these critics are primarily concerned .
20 It is precisely because all is not certain that we have to make certain .
21 Agnew , however , is not certain that he wants to uproot his family — even if it gives him a chance to resurrect his career .
22 Sources within TRT said it was considering whether apply for a licence of its own , but it is not certain that the company will actually need one : it may be able to operate under the Worldcom licence — assuming that IDB 's acquisition goes through , TRT and Worldcom will share the same parent .
23 According to Mark Raymond , senior analyst at consultancy DataPro , ‘ The action will clearly strengthen the chances of it becoming the industry standard , but it is not certain that it will influence the IEEE ’ .
24 Although it is not certain that property qualifications were required for liverymen , several companies are known to have imposed minima for admission to their freedom .
25 Though the Life says that Aethelbald 's happiness as king had grown in succeeding years ( since his accession ) ( Vita Guthlaci , ch. 52 ) , it is not certain that this means that Aethelbald was ‘ apparently at the height of his power ’ , and it is not impossible that the Life dates to a period before Aethelbald had asserted his authority outside his own kingdom — perhaps c .
26 A stranger , if he is prudent , will secure his share for it is not certain that he will be able to eat any thing else . ’ )
27 Were all the surface repositories on Mars to be included then the depletions would be reduced , but it is not certain that they would be eliminated .
28 For iron it is about 1000 K. This is a plausible explanation of the Mercurian field , though it is not certain that a slowly cooling core would end up with an appreciable magnetic dipole moment .
29 Probably now , and certainly after 1992 , it is not certain that gas in the United Kingdom sector will be landed in the United Kingdom ; it is likely to be sucked into mainland Europe , where prices are higher .
30 It is not certain that a schema which is valid for the classification of physical entities will be capable of application to epistemological studies .
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