Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] certain [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 2 | What is tolerably certain is that he was still alive when he either entered into confraternity with Christ Church or Cnut gave them his name , and that when Cnut himself sailed for Denmark in 1019 it was to suppress trouble . |
| 3 | What is more certain is that the Bishop of Salisbury claims the oath sworn years ago was conditional upon the King 's not marrying his daughter to anyone outside England . |
| 4 | But what is almost certain is that around 60% of sufferers have some sort of genetic susceptibility to it , and three times as many women as men suffer from this distressing condition . |
| 5 | What is almost certain is that a range of methods is required , not a single one . |
| 6 | Dr Einon says : ‘ What is absolutely certain is that playing the game for this length of time did not make his scores worse . ’ |