Example sentences of "[be] sure [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there may be occasions when you want to be sure that every child has an appropriate role . |
| 2 | Berenson had found his vocation : ‘ to be sure that every Lotto is a Lotto , every Cariani a Cariani , every Santecroce a Santacroce ’ . |
| 3 | And you could be sure that every dog you saw was an excellent example of their breed — they had to be the most consistent winners throughout the year before they could qualify for an invite . |
| 4 | To be sure that a patient is truly regaining their health , it is of no value just to know that the symptoms of his complaint have been relieved , rather the focus of his disease has to be seen to be shifting into less important areas , that is , moving down the hierarchy . |
| 5 | You can be sure that a woman must have big and thick labia if she has a big mouth and thick lips . |
| 6 | Miranda said , ‘ Firstly , I 'd like to be sure that a nursing home is the best place for her , rather than a hospital . |
| 7 | The importer , on the other hand , can be sure that no payment will be made until the exporter has provided documents as evidence that the goods have been shipped in accordance with the terms of the documentary credit . |
| 8 | But you can be sure that no rabbit died of old age in Baldersdale during our time ! |
| 9 | You can be sure that no harm will ever come to you through hypnosis . |
| 10 | This design has been commissioned from award-winning designer Sheila Moxley , and you can be sure that no fashion victim will be seen without one of these on their back in the coming months . |
| 11 | Although patients need to be protected from risk , we must be sure that the precautions taken are justified and that social support networks that have taken years to develop are not unnecessarily shattered . |
| 12 | The husbandman 's argument appears to have been this : he could easily determine by the above methods whether the seed-bed was ready for the corn and whether the soil was of the right tilth : but be could not be sure that the soil was warm enough to allow the seed to germinate . |
| 13 | So when a large body of medical opinion is convinced of the positive benefits of any substance you too can be sure that the evidence must be pretty … well , convincing ! |
| 14 | ‘ If I do what you ask , ’ said Osman , ‘ can I be sure that the Copts will do the same ? ’ |
| 15 | Therefore it is suggested that the physical search is the best way to be sure that the premises are vacated . |
| 16 | Conscious of a ball not carrying through all the time to Jack Russell and while a slash or a drive will go very fast to them , have to be sure that the ball is going to carry . |
| 17 | His temperament , in fact , was rather more a golfer 's than a racing driver 's and I ca n't be sure that the likes of Arnold Palmer and other big sportsmen who 'd made good in the States were n't in some way role models for the young Mario . |
| 18 | You need to be sure that the structure you plan to practice is a genuine structure in the language . |
| 19 | I will take on the caring but I must have a break every six months , ’ or ‘ I can only do so if I can be sure that the incontinence service will be reliable . ’ |
| 20 | I should like to be sure that the child Barbara is carrying is my grandchild , not your bastard . ’ |
| 21 | He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems . |
| 22 | In the case of bank bills it has to be sure that the acceptor bank will be in a position to pay , thus the requirement of eligibility . |
| 23 | Almost , but erm one could certainly arrive at a situation of the sort you 're imagining that we want to be sure that when we look at some very exotic phenomena in the past of the universe , which has no parallel on earth , erm or in our vicinity , how can we be sure that the laws of physics that we 've deduced on earth really apply ? |
| 24 | Provided that the panel is selected on a random basis in the first place , we can be sure that the changes identified are real changes in the group and , within a given limit of reliability , in the population as well . |
| 25 | How can we be sure that the topics were put to a number of people in the same way ; that is , were they all responding to the same stimuli ? |
| 26 | And if in fact this large area of industrial development is not taken up , you can not be sure that the bits that are not taken up will be the least environmentally sensitive . |
| 27 | ‘ You can be sure that the Greeks have been trying to organise something like this since ‘ The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent ’ was such a success in America ’ , he added , referring to a travelling exhibition of objects from Turkish collections , organised by the National Gallery in 1987 . |
| 28 | ‘ And also , can we be sure that the Robemaker would ever weave a good enchantment at all ? ’ |
| 29 | But even if we tend to look for the scholarly , non-involved biography of the great man or woman we can not be sure that the work will be beyond criticism . |
| 30 | In these cases an internal control is required so if faced with a negative result , one can still be sure that the PCR conditions were perfect . |