Example sentences of "sure [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far AMP executives are not sure where the Pearl is going wrong nor what they would do about it , other than perhaps improve the British group 's technology and have more centralisation of the selling operations . |
| 2 | These were moved frequently so that terrorists could never be sure where the next checkpoint would be . |
| 3 | Huge sums were involved , he said , but nobody was sure where the money would come from . |
| 4 | Nobody was sure where the Headmaster stayed at night . |
| 5 | No one is exactly sure where the reptiles of Australia disappear to in dry periods . |
| 6 | To tell the truth I 'm not quite sure where the story came from . |
| 7 | Also , if you are not quite sure where the room is , find it the day before . |
| 8 | You could not be quite sure where the Tree part ended and the Human part began , although nobody was sure if Tree Spirits possessed any Human blood . |
| 9 | I am not sure where the hon. Gentleman gets his figures from — perhaps from the same Labour party briefing on which the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) relies . |
| 10 | The foal 's legs still seemed too long for its body and it still was not sure where the four of them were going , but this did not deter it from frisking about . |
| 11 | At the post-match banquet , Scotland captain Gavin Hastings , at his most self-deprecating , noted : ‘ Ieuan Evans ( the Welsh skipper ) was not very sure where the wind was going . |
| 12 | Berenson had found his vocation : ‘ to be sure that every Lotto is a Lotto , every Cariani a Cariani , every Santecroce a Santacroce ’ . |
| 13 | We are a high-consumption society and we have got to conserve the national resource and make sure that every part of it is effectively used . |
| 14 | We do n't want to leap into this without being totally sure that every point is acceptable , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Before entering the mikva , you take a bath , cut your finger- and toe-nails , comb your hair thoroughly and make sure that every part of you is scrupulously clean . |
| 16 | The mikva attendant must always be there to make sure that every hair on your head is totally immersed in the water , so when you are ready , you call her and then make your descent into the mikva . |
| 17 | I prefer to kill rabbits the easy way whenever possible , so I position a purse net over the top of every bolt-hole and every entrance , subsequently making sure that every purse net that bags a rabbit is quickly removed and replaced with a fresh net . |
| 18 | He never went to bed without making sure that every single appliance had been switched off . |
| 19 | And you could be sure that every dog you saw was an excellent example of their breed — they had to be the most consistent winners throughout the year before they could qualify for an invite . |
| 20 | There are five main precautions you can take to make your home safe and protect your family from danger : eliminate fire hazards ; fit smoke detectors ; keep basic firefighting equipment in danger areas ; learn what to do if fire breaks out , and make sure that every member of the family knows how to get out of the house . |
| 21 | He had to collect the cattle and make sure that every boma was contributing his fair share . |
| 22 | Do make sure that every job that gets sent out for setting has a full specification and requirements sheet with it . |
| 23 | I am sure that every one of them would want that extra money to come to West Yorkshire , as I do . |
| 24 | But there may be occasions when you want to be sure that every child has an appropriate role . |
| 25 | Make sure that every child contributes to the decision-making process . |
| 26 | is it a contentious issue erm ho how is the criticized , very very short , because you are only going to be writing for about a page , a page and a half , right , so just make sure that every sentence or every other sentence carries a new bit of information and then people say , good , this person knows everything about this subject , full marks and you and er but it 's all too easy to , to focus on one or two aspects of say a question on trade or er er Harrison Todaro model of migration . |
| 27 | Most watches become false alarms ; nevertheless , they were buttoning up the collection and making sure that every completed aircraft was hangared . |
| 28 | Without over dramatising the fact that firearm , coupled with myself could easily kill somebody so we have to make sure that every single time we draw the weapon er there is a need , there is a justification for it er and as soon as that need and justification stops , so would we put the weapon away . |
| 29 | I I asked the er the minister earlier about this question and I appreciate his difficulties being a home office minister rather than a foreign office minister and I quite understand his reluctance to er stray too far from his departmental portfolio but the reality is that the British government agreed that the European parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg but we 've heard nothing from the minister as to where the money should come from er in order to make that commitment a reality because I 'm sure that every member opposite would say that the uncertainty about the present boundaries is not the er responsibility of the British government , that it 's a matter for the French government to sort out which boundaries er will be in place in the United Kingdom by June the ninth , the date of the European elections , but the reality is that the British government have gone along with the arrangement for having Strasbourg recognised as a er seat for the European parliament . |
| 30 | ‘ I will make sure that every penny raised for leukaemia patients will be spent on the new unit , ’ she said . |