Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [be] sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I moved on slowly , watching on every side to be sure some monster-rat was n't creeping up on me . |
| 4 | Always check the date stamp to be sure . |
| 5 | Looking over his shoulder for a second to be sure of his footing , he backed into the water , dragging Carey after him . |
| 6 | You have to take them to an expert to be sure . |
| 7 | No setting off home straight after a quick lunch to be sure of catching the last lift ? |
| 8 | ‘ Everybody 's a contender , ’ Maxim said , so softly that Agnes had to think for a moment to be sure what she 'd heard . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And you 've also got man 's desire to be sure of achieving success . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 : |
| 14 | 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 : |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | he or she does not need to look ponderously at each piece on the board to be sure whether it as a pawn or a king . |
| 18 | The Glens need to beat Larne at Inver Park to be sure of reaching the quarter-finals and manager Robert Strain is looking to make a few alterations in his line-up . |
| 19 | Travellers would offer them bread and milk to be sure of a safe journey . |
| 20 | Ingard , guessing wrong about the airport , put in an enormous tender to be sure of getting the land . |
| 21 | It was widely believed that 78-year-old President Kim Il Sung — around whom an extraordinary personality cult had been created — desired that his son should succeed him , but that the younger Kim lacked sufficient authority within either the ruling party or the army to be sure of a smooth succession . |
| 22 | To her annoyance , she could not remember the evening with sufficient clarity to be sure . |
| 23 | But there 's one thing to be sure of ; their hearts are in this game for keeps . |
| 24 | Mr Aleskerov seems to have reason to be sure Azerbaijan can receive western investment and fight the war if it chooses . |
| 25 | Ask for a specimen policy and read the small print to be sure you will not be affected by exclusions and that the cover is appropriate for your particular travel arangements . |
| 26 | But you do n't have to study genetics to be sure that there are , or at least once were , genes influencing differences between caddis houses . |
| 27 | We know enough of the historical background to be sure that it was built little before 525 B.C. |
| 28 | Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right . |
| 29 | Then , and only then , begin the side-slip and use up sufficient height to be sure that full airbrake will be more than adequate to get down for a spot landing . |
| 30 | The call that particularly mystifies me , when I am subjected to it on journey after journey , is the admonition from catering staff to intending consumers of their junk food to be sure to bring their small change with them . |