Example sentences of "to be sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berenson had found his vocation : ‘ to be sure that every Lotto is a Lotto , every Cariani a Cariani , every Santecroce a Santacroce ’ . |
| 2 | It is hard to be sure how much of this dark stuff Sinclair believes — as it is hard to be sure how much Eliot believed of the lore which accompanies the dark stuff of The Waste Land , another London poem . |
| 3 | It is hard to be sure how much of this dark stuff Sinclair believes — as it is hard to be sure how much Eliot believed of the lore which accompanies the dark stuff of The Waste Land , another London poem . |
| 4 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 5 | Though it is never possible to be sure one is doing the right thing , he wrote . |
| 6 | After the initial impetus has run out , he wrote , and before one has got in so far that it is easier to finish than to go back , it is then that it becomes hard to be sure of your footing , hard to know why you are doing what you are doing , hard to know if you are doing correctly what you are doing . |
| 7 | To be sure of having bulbs in flower at Christmas , it is advisable to buy specially prepared ones which have been temperature-treated for early flowering . |
| 8 | The authorities do not require other methods of recovery to be tested , and it is therefore not always possible to be sure whether using the aileron , for instance , will flatten the spin and make it more difficult to stop . |
| 9 | It is impossible for any glider pilot to make a high cloud climb and to be sure of his position . |
| 10 | Then , and only then , begin the side-slip and use up sufficient height to be sure that full airbrake will be more than adequate to get down for a spot landing . |
| 11 | They will want to be sure that you are prepared to give your time to care for the children , that you will provide for all their needs and take them out regularly , and that you really do like small children ! |
| 12 | It had been an end , where Jay had yearned to be sure — had been sure ? what a fool believes ? — it would be a beginning . |
| 13 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
| 14 | We need to take good note of this , for it is an aspect of Leonard 's life , little stressed to be sure , at times perhaps deliberately down-played , that is of immense significance to him . |
| 15 | It was part of ‘ the patrician Jew 's ’ mental furniture ( without compromising his special status , to be sure ) . |
| 16 | ( One of America 's leading Jungian psychologists , Dr Joseph L. Henderson , in Man And His Symbols , edited by Carl Jung , has made the connection — without reference to Leonard 's work , to be sure . |
| 17 | If only she and Michael had more time together , time for her feelings to rise close enough to the surface for her to be sure of what they were . |
| 18 | Amongst its conclusions , the report welcomes the emphasis being placed by the DSS and Social Security Benefits Agency ( SSAB ) on ‘ customer care ’ , and the recognition that much remains to be done to be sure that an adequate service is given . |
| 19 | Not , to be sure , the rapid changes in administrative structure , much though the results of sectorisation have been felt actually on the track . |
| 20 | Not BR , to be sure , but the showpiece Docklands Railway opened with its driverless trains . |
| 21 | Get a vet to check him over to be sure . |
| 22 | To be sure , both of these cantos are special cases — as was , we may suppose , the ‘ Envoi ’ to Hugh Selwyn Mauberley , written many years before . |
| 23 | There is a certain grudging margin , to be sure , about all that Mr Eliot writes — as if he were compensating himself for his limitations by a peevish assumption of superiority . |
| 24 | To be sure , the vocabulary for defining such rhythmical effects is yet to seek ; but should not critics apply themselves to seeking and finding that vocabulary , instead of pursuing semantic and allusive niceties ? |
| 25 | To be sure , this is still rudimentary and indefinite . |
| 26 | The call that particularly mystifies me , when I am subjected to it on journey after journey , is the admonition from catering staff to intending consumers of their junk food to be sure to bring their small change with them . |
| 27 | But anyone who launches a bid for Ferranti will want to be sure there are no more black holes lurking in the company 's books . |
| 28 | To be sure of punctuality , firms should employ more people in the over-55 age group , in which three-quarters of businessmen claim to be early almost every day . |
| 29 | They now need only to beat Finland on 15 November to be sure of their place in Italy . |
| 30 | To be sure there were important differences : the male was more perfectly developed than the female because hotter ; but these were differences conceived on a hierarchical , teleological model of sexual development . |