Example sentences of "certain [that] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Piecing together the evidence from the incident with the K6E pilot , it seems almost certain that the pilot blacked out during the recovery . |
| 2 | He accepted there was no question that the PACE interviews Irving had witnessed would have been carried out with exactitude , but was certain that the negotiation of justice could easily continue outside of the world of the written custody record or file of evidence . |
| 3 | It is not surprising , since it is almost certain that the European Commission will shortly propose that labelling of ingredients for alcoholic drinks should become law throughout the community . |
| 4 | But Thomson has rejected the IEE 's offers and it now looks certain that the anniversary will be missed . |
| 5 | ‘ We can be certain that the designer of Class AA ( an undergraduate student ) did not read your article in Wireless World unless it was translated into Japanese ; he can not , read , write or speak English . |
| 6 | Despite his insistence that the deal is on schedule , it now looks certain that the offer as it currently stands will not proceed . |
| 7 | John Jay is equally certain that the court action will be won . |
| 8 | Then , when Warners sued her for breach of contract , she reluctantly agreed to return to the studio corral while making certain that the trade press was fully apprised of her frustration . |
| 9 | Although the ‘ price per pop ’ , the measurement used to value US cellular businesses , has risen steadily it is far from certain that the trend will continue . |
| 10 | Equally , however , there are respected industry commentators who are certain that the first agreed takeover of a building society is just around the corner . |
| 11 | Whatever was in Lenin 's mind , it is certain that the great Famine of 1921–2 wiped out any likelihood of peasant resistance . |
| 12 | From the time of the Falklands War , it was certain that the Tories would win the next general election , and that Mrs Thatcher would gain new stature as Prime Minister . |
| 13 | Whether it was the unsavoury reputation of the government of Lloyd George ; or whether it was the division in the party between the followers of Lloyd George and the followers of Asquith ; or whether it was the aftermath of universal suffrage and the desire of the working man for a party which he could call his own — it now looked certain that the party division of the country would no longer lie between Liberal and Conservative but in a wider gulf between Conservative and Labour , with the Liberal Party on the sideline . |
| 14 | It is certain that the vice-chancellor in the chair gained the impression from what was said at the meeting that they were forced to elect from a weak field of candidates . |
| 15 | It is certain that the electors discussed the name of Stephen Neill , who had had a far more brilliant academic career as an undergraduate than Michael Ramsey and had lately dazzled the university by his lecturing and preaching power . |
| 16 | But consider how the following additional constraints would make your task so much more difficult ( and relate these constraints to the problems of being unable to study the SCN directly , of being unsure of exactly how it then sends its information to produce the rhythms in , say , temperature or urine flow — things that we can measure — and even of not being certain that the SCN is the only area in the brain that is part of the body clock ) . |
| 17 | But already it is certain that the challenges ahead are at least as daunting as anything the Cold War produced . |
| 18 | If it is not , then British privatisation experts are certain that the programme will be still-born . |
| 19 | If an election is held in Punjab in May as promised , it seems certain that the militants will win , and that could mean the end of the careers ( and perhaps lives ) of tough cops . |
| 20 | So , however much terror it inspires , it is far from certain that the ULFA will control a majority of Assam 's legislators . |
| 21 | We need to be certain that the revelation stems from God ; and we can not be as certain of this as we are of our reason-based knowledge of the particular truth in question . |
| 22 | Since anti-Semitism was such a prominent feature of the Party 's public image , and that of its leader , whom many must have heard speak in person in the Munich beerhalls , it seems certain that the ‘ Jewish Question ’ ranked highly as a motivational factor at this date for the Movement 's recruits , often coming to the NSDAP from other anti-Semitic organizations and völkisch groups . |
| 23 | It is then certain that the undertype was minted earlier than the overtype . |
| 24 | It seems almost certain that the chloroplasts of higher plants ( the intracellular organs of photosynthesis ) are descended from free-living blue-green algae which became symbionts inside other cells . |
| 25 | It is by no means certain that the Tory tax offensive has gained much ground . |
| 26 | We now know for certain that the Theobalds are doubtful , that Percy and Lois Hollis will ‘ do their best ’ , and we have had a late flash that Poppy Winterton thinks she has picked up a mystery virus . |
| 27 | It is certain that the news of Mr Souness 's impending operation will have created a few more worry lines of the face of First Division management . |
| 28 | It is certain that the seas of 600 to 1000 million years ago swarmed with drifting medusae , just as they do at present . |
| 29 | He would prefer us to be in the position of the person who learns to trust that a friend has posted a letter , and who does not go out to be certain that the letter has found its destination , a search that in fact would portray not faith , but a lack of faith . |
| 30 | And he was certain that the President had told her not to tell anyone where he had gone . |