Example sentences of "sure [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is not a serious mistake because all we are not sure about is what was raffle , what was door . |
| 2 | Erm all I 'm sure about is that there was this change going on in the rurar econ |
| 3 | I I think erm a a as you 've kindly called me er I think I will try and make this debate a little more lively erm but I 'm not sure about being controversial er because here I was last week , I was making a speech about the significance of er the deregulation of contracting out bill and er I said then that the bill is so important because it is the first major attempt by government to slay the red tape dragon . |
| 4 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 5 | The only thing you can be sure of is that US interest will always come first . |
| 6 | What they can not be sure of is how the atmosphere will react , and if it will reach a point of no return . |
| 7 | And what I 'm also sure of is she wo n't want to see me . |
| 8 | What we can be sure of is that Tangshan rates as no more than third in the cataclysmic league . |
| 9 | Olson , for instance , does admit at one point that all we can really be sure of is that some academics have made claims for objectivity while the question of assessing those claims is a different matter : |
| 10 | All I am sure of is that right now I do n't want to be anywhere else in the world but here , with you . ’ |
| 11 | All I am sure of is that in the face of that child , as he lay dead upon the couch , I saw something of my own future . |
| 12 | The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever , but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse , it wo n't do so for at least another ten thousand million years , since it has already been expanding for at least that long . |
| 13 | One thing I am sure of is that would agree that the job of Treasurer of the Bar Council would be quite impossible without the daily support and guidance of the Chief Executive and of his Finance Officer , , and his deputy , . |
| 14 | The first thing we must er be sure of is that the coefficients within the sample are reasonably , er reasonably constant , right . |
| 15 | ‘ I know now to expect the unexpected , but the one thing I can be sure of is that we all have lots of laughs making the show . ’ |
| 16 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 17 | What he was sure of was that she 'd disappeared , and that was inconvenient to him . |
| 18 | One thing she was sure of was the purpose of her husband 's visit here . |
| 19 | The only bit of the picture she was sure of was the leaves , the outline of the hills and the brand new moon . |
| 20 | One thing we were both sure of was that we would return in the near future with no carp tackle , but to fish purely for the cats , that is if we can get booked of course . |
| 21 | What Lupus could be sure of was that invitations would be sent : the attendance-lists of assemblies are evidence of invitations received and obeyed . |
| 22 | Adam Burns was a hard man to get to know , but one thing she was instinctively sure of was that he 'd never back away from something simply because it was dangerous . |
| 23 | They avoid the more complicated jobs , but within their limitations they are more able than they think and usually can be sure of being pleasantly surprised by the result of their efforts . |
| 24 | G. To be successful farmers need to be sure of being able to sell their outputs at reasonable prices . |
| 25 | She was coming along the opposite pavement on foot and was looking up at the buildings as if she were not sure of being in the right street . |
| 26 | Best of all , Joe was sure of being able to stay home after his trip . |
| 27 | Caspar said , in a rather flat voice , ‘ At least we can be sure of being on the right road . ’ |
| 28 | This time he would take Eliza with him all the way to her brother 's homestead at Yarrundi , so he could be sure of being in the area for at least three months . |
| 29 | For the Spirit 's work in assurance is to give us a firm foundation to build on , not to make us arrogant ; the ‘ already ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ of the Spirit 's internal witness enable us to be sure without being cocksure . |
| 30 | The other , sure to be more popular , is a brand-new turbocharged diesel engine developed by Land-Rover . |