Example sentences of "[num] thing be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The '70s thing is all over the place at the moment , it 's when people of my generation were growing up , it 's people 's memories of classic pop imagery from their childhood . ’ |
| 2 | Cowboys may wear them out of necessity and convicts in the USA may have been given them as part of their uniform , but one thing 's for sure , whatever the reason , most people simply would n't live without them . |
| 3 | ‘ And one thing 's for sure , ’ she continued in her big voice , ‘ your mother will never have a cough . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ One thing 's for sure , lad , we are going to get the swines who are responsible for this . ’ |
| 5 | But one thing 's for sure . |
| 6 | One thing 's for certain — she lies through her teeth every time I ask her something . ’ |
| 7 | One thing 's for certain , though : committing this kind of money on equipment is a serious business , so buying all the components from the same company makes sense from the back-up point of view , and as the hard work has been taken out of the design — ie. flightcase , patch cables , mains feeds etc. — it makes even more sense . |
| 8 | That 's a tricky one , but one thing 's for sure : it 's much , much harder to make a worthwhile Rickenbacker copy than a worthwhile Fender copy , and I should imagine that Rickenbacker themselves view these particular replicas as a bit of an insult . |
| 9 | Well one thing 's for sure , it 's not the music shops . |
| 10 | One thing 's for sure , the sons and daughters of all those rich Tories who bulldozed through this crackpot curriculum wo n't be hindered in any way . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , one thing 's for sure , ’ William 's grandad said , ‘ he ca n't have escaped along a railway line with a horse and cart , not even the po-lice are going to believe that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well , one thing 's for sure , if there 's going to be another saviour it wo n't be a Jew ! ’ |
| 13 | One thing 's for certain , the Apple desktop publishing machine is going to keep moving forward . |
| 14 | One thing 's for sure , the situation will change very soon . |
| 15 | But one thing 's clearer than this glass of gin — |
| 16 | Well , one thing 's for sure — if people are rude about her , she makes sure she gives as good as she gets . |
| 17 | One thing 's for sure : ‘ Toy Boys ’ they ai n't , unless you 're talking vintage Dinky . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , one thing 's for sure , ’ said Georgiades . |
| 19 | What we should be looking at is how to maximum our potential to further the trade union interests in the process of European integration , because one thing 's for sure . |
| 20 | One thing 's for certain , Horton is a bollocks manager who could n't inspire fish to swim . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe , yet one thing 's for sure — I 'm not going to lose you . |
| 22 | one thing 's for sure the appointment of John Gorman is a popular one on the terraces … he 's given the fans what they crave for … and that 's loyalty … from first thing this morning supporters were rolling up at the County Ground to have their say |
| 23 | One thing 's for sure : it will be a tight race . |
| 24 | One thing 's for certain , it wo n't be far the lack of trying if we go down . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Because one thing 's for sure — I 'm never going to feel at ‘ ome ‘ ere . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery . |
| 27 | one thing 's for certain any dream will do . |
| 28 | One thing 's for sure , they 're working on it . |
| 29 | He answered : ‘ Jobs and leisure are all one thing are n't they — if you work you build yourself up for leisure . ’ |
| 30 | One thing is for certain — the role of the independent producer is secured . |