Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [adv] [be] sure that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked across the desk at Wycliffe as though for encouragement , but none came ; his expression remained bland ; she could not even be sure that he was looking at her or whether his gaze was focused on the window behind her . |
| 2 | Hagglers need nerve , particularly the ability to keep calm when they have just turned down an offer but can not yet be sure that another is forthcoming , says the book . |
| 3 | However , we can not even be sure that it has got the causal effects absolutely right . |
| 4 | We can not therefore be sure that the passage reflects the law at Neratius ' time . |
| 5 | All this would be understandable , of course , if these local forces had merely been dealing with minor coastal raiding , and one can not always be sure that their enemies were very numerous . |