Example sentences of "sure that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose your coach with care ; be sure that they know what they are doing for the theatre and actor of today . |
| 2 | However , an extra allowance must be made for any head wind , and in poor visibility inexperienced pilots should make sure that they are close enough to keep the field in sight all the time . |
| 3 | The disadvantage of this method is easily demonstrated by asking the students as they finish if they are sure that they have not forgotten something . |
| 4 | Instructors should test every student before allowing them to go solo to make quite sure that they are not seriously affected by reduced ‘ g ’ . |
| 5 | This is a permanent method of contraception and is only recommended for those who are absolutely sure that they do not want any more children . |
| 6 | They were not sure that they would see 30 ; millions had not , scarcely a decade ago . |
| 7 | What I am saying is that a lot of the common English objections to Ezra Pound have substance , and would be worth taking seriously , if only we could be sure that they were advanced in good faith , in humility , and with compassion . |
| 8 | Sir : In your interesting article ( 30 September ) about the sale to the British Library by Lord Norwich ( for a sum left tantalisingly undisclosed ) of Evelyn Waugh 's letters to his late mother , Lady Diana Cooper , the library 's curator of modern literary manuscripts , a Ms Brown , was quoted as follows : I am sure that they did not have a physical affair . |
| 9 | ‘ We must be sure that they are alive to the evidence here , no less than in the East , that socialism does not work . ’ |
| 10 | the natural deduction from what I have said so far would be for Governments to end the necessity of monetising debt and make sure that they do n't put themselves in the position of monetising debt — at any rate in circumstances where there is not a substantial deficiency of demand for labour and where therefore the monetisation of debt would not be counterbalanced by an increase in real production . |
| 11 | If this continues to be unsuccessful then some travellers purposely ‘ miss ’ the first sleep in their new time zone to make sure that they are tired on the second night . |
| 12 | Rather more docile than when she had entered , Frau Nordern agreed that she would give notice , ample notice , more than enough notice to make sure that they had the room and raised her glass in salute as the manager beamed on Erika and then withdrew to welcome the first of his evening guests , stout , prosperous looking men in heavy dark suits : officials , with their wives . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sure that they would n't , ’ she said , although wondering what her mother would say . |
| 14 | I had a record company screaming for final mixes , not even sure that they wanted this album because ‘ Space Oddity ’ did n't do too well and as far as they were concerned this was going to be the last they had to do with David Bowie , and I was n't delivering the goods . |
| 15 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 16 | In future , there will be fewer Exxon Valdezes , because big oil companies will make sure that they do not own any oil until it arrives safely in port . |
| 17 | Boston might have succeeded in snubbing Mrs Gardner , but she made sure that they would never forget her . |
| 18 | In his school career , Gazzer had given a great deal of time , energy , and thought to getting round various people , to making sure that they did not take out their boredom , frustration or spite on him , the most obvious victim , the smallest and puniest boy in the class . |
| 19 | She felt sure that they could haul Simon out with it . |
| 20 | And the Duke made sure that they no longer gave employment in the studios to these conspirators . |
| 21 | People should not steal , kill , wound gratuitously ; when they did , they should pay ; and pressure was brought to bear on them to make sure that they complied . |
| 22 | Fru Gertlinger , the young wife of the gardener at the Villa , recently become housekeeper , made them picnic lunches and every day they rode out early to check their notes and make sure that they had missed nothing . |
| 23 | I can not be 100 per cent sure the girls did not manipulate them but you have to be 100 per cent sure that they did it before you can ban a person for four years . |
| 24 | Mrs Webster , though not entirely sure that they were unnecessarily worried , pitied their anxiety none the less . |
| 25 | In that moment Ludens felt sure that they were both remembering the scene beside the lake when Alison had been upset because Jack forced Ludens to behold him naked in her presence . |
| 26 | MEN WERE SURE that they knew why women adored Prince Richard . |
| 27 | Warts have more nuisance value than medical significance , but , like all of the minor sexually transmitted diseases , they serve as a useful indicator to the possibility of other infection , and anyone with anal or genital warts should make sure that they are screened for other genital infections . |
| 28 | So difficult are they , in fact , that the debate usually begins and ends at the level of aphorism , with lots of commentators wringing their hands and saying that something must be done , while doctors , administrators , and others scramble to make sure that they get a bit of the action . |
| 29 | Wherever one finds pillow lavas in sequences of old rocks , one can be sure that they formed under water in the same way as their modern counterparts , and this , amongst other things , helps to establish the sites of ancient oceanic volcanoes and mid-ocean ridges . |
| 30 | One can hardly blame them but you can be sure that they are not thinking that those poor people in the audience must be feeling hungry — they simply want to increase their profits . |