Example sentences of "certain [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am certain about is that there is a long term future for this cinema and that we 're aware |
| 2 | What we need to be certain about is that whatever society is involved in or whatever organisation is involved in balloting that it should be seen to be done properly . |
| 3 | One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels . |
| 4 | But one thing she is certain of is her aim to attract new audiences to the gallery , notably from those who are not yet photography lovers . |
| 5 | What we can , however , be reasonably certain of is that they will have at least some common experiences of television dramas ; these can themselves provide us with useful starting points . |
| 6 | The only thing they could be certain of was his propensity for violence . |
| 7 | But one thing Rachel was certain of was that the revival of those memories had only intensified her dislike of her sister 's ex-fiancé , and when she arrived for work the following Monday morning and he was the first person she saw she found her resolve to have as little to do with him as possible had only been strengthened . |
| 8 | Mr Gandhi needs to win at least 200 seats nationally to be reasonably certain of being called on to form the next government . |
| 9 | Anyone who is not certain of being able to make a safe job must consult a qualified electrician . |
| 10 | he 's worked he 's way up through various branches of the law , he he 's practically certain to being a Q C and then a recorder , you know |
| 11 | If a scholar authenticated a work as by a major artist , then its price was certain to be higher . |
| 12 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 13 | Catering that had been so under threat in the later seventies suddenly attracted new importance ; indeed , the single Manchester Pullman that looked almost certain to be a casualty of further standardisation in the eighties was joined by a bevy of Pullmans if only Pullman service on HSTs and Mark 3s . |
| 14 | A hardline motion calling for black sections is almost certain to be thrown out on Friday and the party could be left without a policy as support for a proposition calling for societies with exclusively black members is also in doubt . |
| 15 | ‘ The result of that was certain to be an unbalanced economy , under-equipped , under-skilled , inflating and increasingly importing . |
| 16 | What remained of Belfast 's mudflats seemed certain to be diminished by unrestricted dumping . |
| 17 | Bull 's absence would be a big disappointment for Wolves as his fellow striker , Andy Mutch , is almost certain to be sidelined for the third game in a row with a groin injury . |
| 18 | This would lead to a decline in the volume of less essential traffic in urban and rural areas and bring an overall reduction in all its adverse effects , including its contribution , through carbon dioxide , to global warming — certain to be very high on the political agenda in the next few years . |
| 19 | Eric Honecker , the country 's ageing and inflexible leader , must know that Saturday night 's demonstrations seem certain to be but a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 20 | These amounted to £120,000 in last November 's Canadian Masters and , under its partnership arrangement for overseas events with Mark McCormack 's International Management Group , £100,000 from last February 's European Open in Deauville and what seems certain to be a substantial sum from August 's Hong Kong Open . |
| 21 | Braiswick herself will be on view in the future , most immediately a week on Sunday at Woodbine , Toronto , on the same card as Old Vic , and , like the dual Derby winner , she seems certain to be sporting the maroon and white colours of Sheikh Mohammed . |
| 22 | This is very popular in the country because upon the whole trade unions are unpopular , and therefore , if you can attach the consequences of your own actions ( for which you desire to transfer the blame to other people ) to somebody who is unpopular already and attribute it to him , you are almost certain to be home and dry . |
| 23 | If the artist is a major attraction , whose concert tickets are certain to be at premium , a 90 : 10 deal is likely . |
| 24 | The detailed explanation of what makes us feel alert is not known , but it is certain to be some function of brain activity , and brain activity increases with body temperature . |
| 25 | X Window is certain to be a success because it allows for applications running on any manufacturer 's machine and any multi-tasking operating system to be used by any X-based workstation or terminal . |
| 26 | The next is almost certain to be its fellow Baltic republic of Estonia , whose Communist Party is determined to follow suit , according to its ideology secretary , Mr Mikk Titma . |
| 27 | Hearn and Doyle are certain to be vocal at the WPBSA 's annual general meeting at Bristol on December 29 . |
| 28 | You get what in reality is a new set of rules of law — rules which you can rely on as likely or certain to be applied uniformly in the future . |
| 29 | In the days of pastoral England , country people had gone to church under the stern eye of squire and parson , one of whom was almost certain to be the local magistrate . |
| 30 | In addition , there are also certain to be one or two early mistakes which will need rectifying , and plans to be mulled over for next spring 's display . |