Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [be] not sure that " in BNC.

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1 The tracks vary in their individual interest , and I am not sure that there is enough variety in the textures to warrant playing the CD from beginning to end .
2 And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent .
3 ‘ I do think that men and women have different sorts of friendship and I 'm not sure that wives can ever understand male friendships .
4 But what I did say , and he said he could do it , was to divide up , to compare us , that he could divide up the profitability and I 'm not sure that , you know i in terms of
5 It 's er it is n't it is n't everyday language , and I 'm not sure that it helps us express what we really want to say .
6 ‘ My younger sister is the only person who could possibly take the girls if we died , and I 'm not sure that she would really want them .
7 Mother had told Mrs Archer at Baldersdale school that it was tonsillitis and I 'm not sure that she ever did find out the reality of it .
8 And I 'm not sure that we can identify that .
9 I felt like kissing the dinghy , and I 'm not sure that I did n't put my lips to the rough friendly fabric of her snub nose .
10 Oxford and Cambridge are pretty close with their figures , so I do n't know the answer , and I 'm not sure that it matters .
11 And I 'm not sure that personally I 'm put my hands up and say that I 'd understand all the issues but I understand some of the basic principles and I 'm beginning to understand er some of the complexities of a a planning issue like this .
12 Sometimes I think both genes are used , sometimes only one , not the other , and I 'm not sure that anybody knows exactly how , how and why that works out but erm
13 Yes Chairman , I am following in Major 's shoes , I do n't reckon I know a great deal about it yet , and I 'm not sure that this erm , er , advisory er , committee is yet actually on the go , but I will go into this .
14 ‘ My parents are the ones who need to be convinced , and I 'm not sure that 's going to be an easy task . ’
15 erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there .
16 And I 'm not sure that the children necessarily want their parents quite so involved in their school life by the time they , they get to that age , they 're , rather value their independence in , in many ways .
17 And I think what we 're looking for is a kind of situation where everyone can play their proper part in the decision-making , but allow the person with the energy and drive to play their part as well in giving a lead , and I 'm not sure that 's such a bad thing .
18 This is quite a specific issue , and I 'm not sure that this committee on this day is in the best position to discuss it in detail .
19 This may have been because he defined " help " to himself as a putting right of something that had gone wrong , a restoration of some earlier , good " normal " state , and he was not sure that such a state had existed or could exist .
20 In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April .
21 But I am not sure that they add to it , either ; this is the whole problem of the fresco .
22 we are safe , but I am not sure that it is a good thing on the whole .
23 I agree with the statement but I am not sure that it is our particular job to convey this message .
24 Nozick wants to show us that we can suppose this ; but I am not sure that I really want to ( or ought to want to ) .
25 We ourselves , like the other national institutions and many private galleries , mount many exhibitions with some international components , but I am not sure that this type of exhibition ( primarily arts/humanities orientated ) is what you are interested in .
26 I am interested in what the right hon. Gentleman is saying , but I am not sure that there will be a conflict , in principle , if the regulator regulates both economic matters and complaints .
27 But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth .
28 ‘ I 'll try and guide you back , but I 'm not sure that I can . ’
29 The heating in the Met Office was by means of an open coke fire , and this we kept stoked up high on cold nights , but I 'm not sure that this was such a good idea .
30 It 's a new recipe but I 'm not sure that it 's entirely successful .
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