Example sentences of "[not/n't] sure the " in BNC.

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1 He wrote to James Conant , President of Harvard , before they both attended the meeting : ‘ I am not sure the miserable thing will work nor that it can be gotten to the target except by ox-cart .
2 I 'm not sure the safety advances we have seen recently can be compared to the quantum improvements that came , say , when continuous brakes were first built into trains or when inter-locking signals and points were first introduced . ’
3 ‘ I am not sure the Church should use television advertising at all .
4 Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd blames a 5% fall in profits before charges for closure of some telecommunications operations on losses at the UK telecommunications subsidiary , Reuter reports , but the group will still commit another £200m to the UK unit this year , group chairman Li Ka-Shing said : ‘ I 'm not happy with the results , but we 'll still continue our commitment to the UK operation and pump more money into it , ’ he said — ‘ I 'm not sure the worst is over yet in the UK , which ate up all our Hong Kong profits this year ; ’ he said Hutchison will have invested over £500m in the loss-making UK unit , including the £200m that is earmarked for this year , but he refused to say at what point he will say enough is enough — ‘ It 's too early to say ; you can never tell when business will pick up . ’
5 However , one of the scientists directing the study , Dr Derek Stevenson , says : " I am not sure the pesticide industry is getting a fair deal at the moment . "
6 Frankly I 'm not sure the road is still open .
7 Well I think that , I 'm not sure the white does n't set it off
8 He was n't sure the police chief would still be in his office but the gravelly voice answered immediately .
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