Example sentences of "[adv] sure [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This document purports to carry out the last mortal wish of the testator , except that he will probably go to eternity without being entirely sure that the document he signed actually said what he wanted , because he was quite unable to read it . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's how we can be so sure that no slip-ups occur . |
| 3 | Admittedly , in recent years , top coaches such as ‘ Chalkie ’ White at Leicester and Alan Davies at Nottingham has provided a focus and created a centre of excellence which has attracted players but I am not so sure that the same parameters still apply . |
| 4 | However , in the world of Orwell 's 1984 there may be people who although sure that the events abolished by official historiography did happen , are not so sure that the experiences treasured in memory keep the value which official propaganda degrades ; they might be happier for the assurance that , in the sense that it remains true that an event happened even if universally forgotten an experience remains good even if in universally shrinking awareness there will never again be anyone capable of appreciating it . |
| 5 | If the justices had applied the wrong criteria as to what constituted a breach of the peace in the case of the mother-in-law , it is difficult to see how the court could have been so sure that the justices had applied the right criteria to the decision of the policeman . |
| 6 | Even Einstein , when he formulated the general theory of relativity in 1915 , was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible , introducing a so-called cosmological constant into his equations . |
| 7 | For a few minutes she stood in shocked silence ; she had been so sure that the rider from the woods had been herself … but now , realizing that the lover she had seen had been Morthen , she felt angry and upset . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a matter for the members of the Orange Order if they wish to build a monument but I am not so sure if the ratepayers of Belfast should be asked to foot the bill , ’ she said . |
| 9 | But I am less sure whether the bigger houses , with their established markets , benefit other than in terms of public relations . |
| 10 | No one is exactly sure where the reptiles of Australia disappear to in dry periods . |
| 11 | ‘ And if you really are serious about pursuing your ridiculous claim for custody , I shall make damned sure that the court knows all about you . |
| 12 | King Edward was still sure that the sheer weight of his mounted knights must prevail . |
| 13 | We do n't want to leap into this without being totally sure that every point is acceptable , ’ he said . |
| 14 | The best advice is not to place cash deposits on goods unless you are totally sure that the firm is financially safe . |
| 15 | Our American Allies were all out to see this job through and were full of stories of the RAF on the first trip which was so successful and were even more sure that the second run would be better . |
| 16 | But I was dead sure that the last item would take some getting round to . |
| 17 | We can not finalise it until your condition has sufficiently stabilised for us to be reasonably sure that no unforeseen deterioration may occur . |
| 18 | If the candidate replies that she/he helped run a youth club in the town where she/he lived before you can be reasonably sure that a large number of young people is not going to come as a strange new experience . |
| 19 | We can be reasonably sure that the first water vapours were the natural result of condensation of the outgassed products of volcanoes . |
| 20 | But we can be reasonably sure that the drug company will not guarantee the potency of the sample beyond its sell-by date . |
| 21 | ‘ I am also sure that the House will sympathise with the wish that they should both be afforded a degree of privacy . |
| 22 | At least twice a week we 'd heard the sermons broadcast from a nearby mosque and were both sure that the preacher was Sheikh Fadlallah , one of the main spiritual leaders of Hezbollah . |
| 23 | It was a promise as sure as a Lloyd 's Insurance policy . |
| 24 | I had a slow-growing tumour in the lung and it would take time to reach obnoxious proportions , but as sure as the moon will rise and set and the tides with it , so my tumour would go on grinding away until … |
| 25 | But he bravely hid his hurt feelings , and watched Boldwood and Bathsheba ride away , feeling as sure as the other workers that the couple would soon be married . |
| 26 | A formidable West Indian nurse bellows at me as sure as the rooster himself . |
| 27 | But he would not sow until he was perfectly sure that the land was fit for drilling . |
| 28 | I was also fairly sure that no such variety existed . |
| 29 | He was fairly sure that the edge of the Vomero , the slope of the hill , the Bay and the sea lay to his right . |
| 30 | For although we can be fairly sure that the recorded homicide figure is reasonably valid , we can not have the same confidence in the data on occupationally related deaths . |