Example sentences of "[noun sg] be sure [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure at the moment if the labour are sure if they would work under the Labour government . |
| 2 | Yet the shepherd is sure that he does , and so they have a short argument , which ends with Moses telling the shepherd to hide behind the bushes to find out whether in fact God does come to drink the milk . |
| 3 | Tzann was sure that he had made his point . |
| 4 | Certainly the surgeon who performed the cholecystectomy on day 12 after the procedure was sure that he had found aperforation in the gall bladder seperate from the puncture site . |
| 5 | Athelstan was sure that they all looked his way but again came the shrill bray of the trumpets . |
| 6 | The King was sure that the present Prime Minister was the only man who could save the country and His Majesty himself was prepared to support him … |
| 7 | When making a contract be sure that you are both talking about the same thing . |
| 8 | Therefore , you will be asked to continue using the wheelchair to move the patient around until the physiotherapist is sure that he has reached the point where he can walk correctly and safely . |
| 9 | The observer is sure that his memory must be wrong . |
| 10 | The extensive method is sure but shallow , the intensive deep but hazardous . |
| 11 | Simply by leaving the door open , the receptionist was sure that the patient 's face was in full light whilst speaking . |
| 12 | Jessamy was sure that , in his own way , he was just as dangerous . |
| 13 | Many Commonwealth leaders believe the movement in South Africa is the result of pressure already applied , and that only by turning the screw can the world be sure that there will be no turning back . |
| 14 | The Aura is fitted with power steering as standard and with its 14-inch wheels shod with 175/65 tyres , road-holding is sure and positive . |
| 15 | Moreover , the committee , to be commended for having conducted its extensive researches and drawn its conclusions within a few months , has the advantage of immediacy over the Clark and Palmer committees , which sat over so long a period , in a rapidly changing environment , that eventually no one who was still able to recall the original brief was sure whether it was still relevant to the prevailing situation . |
| 16 | Faris is sure that it is lower than 300 picoseconds , although he does not have the equipment to prove his prediction that it is less than 50 picoseconds ( 10 -12 seconds ) . |
| 17 | However , as the epitome of laddish nonchalance , the Inspirals seem unconcerned : Tom says he 's simply grateful that they had an experience — however fleeting — of life as arena-rockers , while bassist Bungle is sure that the pared-down stuff on ‘ Revenge Of The Goldfish ’ is far better suited to compact places like Rock City than cavernous concert halls . |
| 18 | Those who talked to Harold Macmillan at this time were sure that this cold politicking did not enter his head ; that he was sincere and only wanted to do the best that he could for the Church . |
| 19 | And Street is sure that the Premmia range can only build on this success . |