Example sentences of "he be sure [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the question is , how can he be sure that in observing two similar individuals on two different occasions he is in fact observing the same pair ? |
| 2 | He has been wrong once ; can he be sure that he will not be wrong again ? |
| 3 | In England a death is reported to the coroner if a doctor is unable to certify that he is sure that death was caused by some disease . |
| 4 | He is sure that a computational ‘ Samba school ’ , or something like it , will catch on somewhere . |
| 5 | Or are we to insist that assurance of faith exists in a believer even when he is sure that such assurance does not exist ? |
| 6 | Even today , he is sure that subconsciously the experience continues to affect him , especially when storm , rain or trees trigger off the train of associations . |
| 7 | He would be willing to draw lots as to who jumps over the side , except that he is sure that the other , if he lost , would go back on his word . |
| 8 | But Bearpark is convinced that the mainframe is not dead ; in fact , he is sure that he ‘ can and will take IBM head on ’ . |
| 9 | He could never penetrate , not even if his life depended on it , for he is sure that their nether mouths contain teeth , and that once his limb was inside them , they would bite it off . ’ |
| 10 | He is sure that , although there is still much to be done , C&P is already past the critical point . |
| 11 | He 's hiding out from police questioning until he 's sure where he stands . |
| 12 | He was sure that the Liberal idea was what the country needed . |
| 13 | All through this conversation he had the impression that Frank no longer sneered ; and as he went back to Liverpool he was sure that he was more tolerant and sympathetic and ‘ was willing to grant that there was some sense in some of the things which I longed for him to share ’ . |
| 14 | He was sure that the bishop was right and that he was hard to follow . |
| 15 | He was sure that a bishop was not stopped by his bishoping from going on with some scholarly work . |
| 16 | Finally Ramsey said that he would respond to any invitation provided that it had a consensus of advice behind it , and provided he was sure that the need for strength in the North was considered . |
| 17 | He was sure that the army would not be welcomed by the public . |
| 18 | He was sure that , even though he and Ari got along well , she must have been disappointed when Leila chose him for the job . |
| 19 | He was sure that she was animated by the same desire . |
| 20 | He rested against the bank , waiting , and this time he was sure that he felt something . |
| 21 | And he was sure that the man was begging now , for he was holding out his other hand with the palm upwards ; except that then O thought that maybe the gesture had another meaning , maybe the man was extending his hand in the hope that some passer by might take it , grasp it firmly and pull him to his feet . |
| 22 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
| 23 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 24 | He was sure that the Houses of Parliament were ‘ at the bottom of the whole thing ’ , as having once burnt its fingers , the country was unwilling to embark on another building in the Gothic style . |
| 25 | He was sure that it was at Aros . |
| 26 | When he was sure that Zhukov was in the right position , Kirov let him go . |
| 27 | On reflection he was sure that it had been his own personal brush with the Sabbah organisation two years earlier that had caused him to overreact . |
| 28 | He felt that he knew the English character and , although he would n't hurt Ludovico by articulating it , he was sure that the sort of English girl who would get off a train and move in with a stranger would very soon be travelling on . |
| 29 | When they parted , he was sure that he had given Ludovico serious pause for thought . |
| 30 | He was sure that the match could n't have been left there by anyone in the PCC . |