Sentence examples for be certain as from inspiring English sources

We can be certain (as certain as one can be of anything hypothetical) that her mature prose would today be noted for its wit and acuity, and almost as certain that the trajectory of her work would be closer to that of Nadine Gordimer, say, than to that of Francoise Sagan.

We cannot be certain, as there follows an 18-month gap in the diary until the end of 1877.

No one can be certain as to the returns to be expected from an irrigation canal or a highway.

"We can't be certain as to when or whether the volume is going to recover," said Lee Shavel, chief financial officer at the Nasdaq OMX Group.

If parents disappeared overnight, they could be certain – as the jail doors slammed on them – that friends from the circle would rescue their children left alone in the apartment and bring them up as their own.

Salmond says Burns would have been a "Yes" voter, but it is difficult to be certain, as Burns never had a vote on anything, being one of the majority of the disenfranchised in 18th-century Britain.

One thing is certain: as much as Mr. Bush likes his ranch, he likes winning more.

It's from True West magazine, and it reads, "One thing is certain: as long as there are writers as skillful as Elmer Kelton, Western literature will never die".

Exposure to the nano-particles of the ambient aerosol is certain as long as people need to breathe.

What is certain as certain can be at this distance in time, is that he would see it as an issue that had to be tackled.

One thing is certain: As Fu Nan headed toward oblivion, the Champa kingdom in central Vietnam was on the rise.