Example sentences of "sure [that] we [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It much more concerned us , ’ writes Baxter , ‘ to be sure that we deserved not suffering , than that we be delivered from it . ’ |
| 2 | I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place . |
| 3 | It was the question of making sure that we did n't pay tax on any of that three four four five . |
| 4 | We therefore would need to do some quite careful accounting in order to make sure that we did n't contravene that erm , the , the requirement of the Trustee Investment Act in the future . |
| 5 | But erm it just er hopefully because yeah but really they 're just trying to investigate to make sure that we did n't act fraudulently in any way . |
| 6 | Thus the expedition is neatly manipulated to include many of the requirements of the national curriculum : ‘ We are very keen to make sure that we do n't lose all the good things that have been going on in schools , ’ she says . |
| 7 | In our own lives , when we look back over things we 've done , we try to learn something from them — if we know we 've done something stupid , we try to make sure that we do n't keep on making the same mistakes over and over again . |
| 8 | The problem of course arises , as I 've said earlier , when things go wrong , things like Chernobyl accidents and so on so we 've got ta use nuclear power obviously we have to erm er make sure that we do n't have accidents like that . |
| 9 | And we need we need to make sure that we do n't embark upon this new plan based on a whole pile of suppositions which in fact er lie in a world of fantasy . |
| 10 | Just to make sure that erm just to make sure that we do n't think it 's just spinning wherever it feels like spinning , it 's spinning on its axis is n't it . |
| 11 | Next objective , all well and good focusing on the and the and the people like that but let's er also er make sure that we do n't forget er not focus on the middle market . |
| 12 | The final point is taking money out of the reserves to make sure that we do n't have to put back twenty two pounds on the council tax . |
| 13 | We have to make sure that we do n't miss a trick in exploiting 21a the potential of an infill — which brings ME TO … |
| 14 | And obviously we are troubled at the experience in America on cocaine and want to try and make sure that we do n't get that kind of problem in the U K. |
| 15 | We should , however , recognise the problems that might arise as a result and make sure that we do not misinterpret any problem . |
| 16 | Let us make sure that we do not direct our anger and frustration onto people who are only trying to help us . |
| 17 | The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry and want to make sure that we do not give offence to anybody . |
| 18 | We do not intend to repeat their experience and we have the policies to make sure that we do not . |
| 19 | We must judge the second world war differently , but let us make sure that we do not repeat the mistakes that so many politicians thoughout Europe made over the past 100 years . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |