Sentence examples for considered a sure thing from inspiring English sources

None of the nominees for best musical are considered a sure thing.

Both lost their races.Mr Barnes had been considered a sure thing by most people, including this newspaper.

It was the other half of the starting staff that has not been considered a sure thing.

With just one international cap so far, the Torino striker is too inexperienced to be considered a sure thing for Brazil.

Sabathia is considered a sure thing; he has never had a losing season in an eight-year career and won the A.L. Cy Young Award in 2007.

"Four more years of the same — or bold change," she said in one of her many hard-edged ads aimed at generating a big Republican win in a state Democrats have considered a sure thing.

Ten days ago Susan Rice was considered such a sure thing to be Hillary Clinton's replacement as secretary of state that the Washington Post was reporting "senior administration officials" as saying the nomination "will almost certainly go to" the UN ambassador.

I considered it a sure thing when we first wrote about it back in July, but in the Apple reporting spirit (that is, writing about things we have known for a long time), here are some pictures and video showing what appears to be an iPod Touch with a camera on the back.

The Panthers are considered such a sure thing that Eddie decided to require gamblers to bet on three other games this weekend, mostly basketball, in order to play his ticket.

I never consider anything a sure thing.

Ten years ago, the very pursuit of a degree was considered to be a sure thing when it came to chasing down success.