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To be sure, both of these positives are looking a little less shiny than they did a few weeks ago.

To be sure, nearly all players in the global economy have grappled with the question of how open borders should be.

The old man is not rich, to be sure, but he is ready to help others.

one of the last things she said to me in the hospital before she died was to be sure I looked after him, and, um, I promised her I would.

I do not like to boast of my own child, but to be sure, Jane -- one does not often see any body better looking.

It falls short of his earlier ambitions, to be sure, and will not be easy to make work.

To be sure, I have. Is not it a fine old place, just like what one reads about?

We need to be sure of nothing but food, clothing, a sense of security.

High-end stuff to be sure, which explains why most of the people playing them are people old enough to have that kind of money.

To be sure, the challenges facing the children in both groups were still insurmountable to many.

Firms had to be sure that systems were kept updated to block loopholes that worms exploit, he said.

A well-known local chemists, openly ridiculed Wang Yung-ching did not know what the plastic, plastic plant start-up money to be sure!

To be sure . And yet ( with a little bow to her . ) I know there are some Dickson county farmhouses which do not have such roller towels .

He wanted to be sure and tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her.

Well, any friend of Mr. Bingley's will always be welcome here, to be sure; but else I must say that I hate the very sight of him.

In other words, we have to be sure that you'll be able to pay off the principal and interest in the time promised.

Proper pronunciation is extremely important, so repeat the name of your new acquaintance to be sure you're pronouncing it correctly.

To be sure, one might have doubted, after the wayward and impatient existence she had led, whether she merited a haven of peace at last.

To be sure, currency intervention is often ineffective, because it takes huge gobs of cash to push such large markets around.

She was, to be sure, a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not one to let my heart rule my head.

We were furious with the hotel and I would not recommend anyone to attempt to stay here if you want to be sure of your bed for the night.

It could probably be considered a form of Necromancy, though I haven't studied it enough to be sure.

To be sure, Peter did not foster any social ties among the leaders.

Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!

To be sure, the Obama administration is taking action to help the economy, but it's trying to mitigate the slump, not end it.

Jack: It's a fine goal, to be sure. But it seems to me that a ship like that makes this one here a bit superfluous, really.

To be sure, they did not take the journey primarily for self-discovery or self-transformation, even if all this could happen.

Sometimes it take two or more additional "passes" through a paper to be sure you've found all the remaining typographical errors.

It had been a frosty morning, to be sure, a sharp frost, which hardly one woman in a thousand could stand the test of.

It is impossible to be sure how much Greek debt hedge funds have bought.

We do not know whether present trends will continue in a straight line, to be sure.

"I thought of that, " her father announced proudly. "I put it in the car last night. Just to be sure. "

Yet the awkward truth is that it is almost impossible to be sure when a currency is misaligned , let alone by how much.

I did not know, the last time that, ah, so your attention Oh to be sure when ordering to avoid being cheated it!

To be sure, some of the changes were in the works long before the first stress fractures appeared and the economy began to crumble.

I am going to be sure to tell everyone I know about this so they never get stuck working with you.

Look for the main nouns and the main verbs. If you want to be sure that you do not move your finger from left to right with your eyes.

That was the old New York note; that was the kind of answer he would like always to be sure of his wife's making.

To be sure, the amount of money flowing into online company formation has not reached anything like the level of the dotcom boom.

To be sure, a clean and clear economic decoupling remains something of a fantasy given the pervasive forces of globalisation.

For this to be safe, scientists have to be sure the material could never leak out and contaminate water supplies or rise up to the surface.

To be sure, now we've seen how any honest discussion of the issues can be twisted into weeks worth of out of context attacks by the media.

To be sure, most economic data around the world are still improving. Ironically, numbers are even ticking up in Portugal and Spain.

To be sure, the upfront cost of proprietary software is higher (although open-source programs are not always free).

Compelling ideas, to be sure, but we'd like to see evidence that any of this is possible.

To be sure, there had been some superb reporting over the years; the best journalism was as good as it had ever been.

She was really hurt, but Kevin said he just wanted one last date to be sure he was in love because he wanted to ask her to marry him.

The Summer will come in its time, sailing in the flood-tide of the south wind. But you never countedslow moments to be sure of him.

When I finally snapped the lid of a box shut, I sealed it with transparent tape and checked to be sure that it would not loosen.

To be sure, this remains an ambitious objective, but we have yet to see a national response to climate change proportional to the risks.

Oh, daylight, daylight, to be sure, " said the Chief Voice. " Not at night. No one's asking you to do that. Go upstairs in the dark? Ugh.

We would have to be sure that we would have all that, that we have their real name and address.

Write out the transition statements that connect key points of your speech to be sure they clearly link and build on your arguments.

Give this affair to Clemenza and tell him to be sure to use reliable people, people who will not be carried away by the smell of blood.

I was told the physical signs of dwarfism would be hard to detect at five months old, and I may have to wait until he was two to be sure.

To be sure, I was on something of a luxury trip for journalists, carefully choreographed by the China-U. S. Exchange Foundation.

Of course, you should check with your doctor to be sure you can begin, and if so, how much you can safely do.

In such an instance , the lender looks as much to the credit of the borrower as to the value of the property , to be sure of repayment .

However, I would like to be sure of your willingness, trustworthiness and commitment to execute this transaction with me.

To be sure, they (or their parents and grandparents) built a state from scratch, and it has prospered relative to its neighbours.

Send a few of the child's locks - along with your own - to Australia-based DNA Solutions just to be sure.

I decided ten minutes was more than enough, but I paused just inside the theater doors to be sure.

When responding to constructive criticism, you want to be sure to understand where the person is coming from before you say anything.

He dealt only in facts, he said, elicited from witnesses whom he interviewed repeatedly to be sure they were not crazy.

Of course, you'll want to get at least two or three bids and check references to be sure the contractor has a good track record.

When Americans were getting ready to send men into space, they wanted to be sure that it would be safe.

To be sure, Germany cannot be blamed for wanting a strong currency and a balanced budget.

I know you probably don't want to see or hear from me, but I had to take the time to be sure that you know how sorry I am.

To be sure Alice spoke, and sang, during her waking moments, like the child she deemed herself.

Of course, to be sure. John and his wife, Leah are very decent people.

You want to be sure not to create a false sense of security about the interoperability you might have with others using the same standard.

His wife was missing, but his sons were alive, and he wanted to be sure Rikuzentakata would still be there when they got older.

To serious, continuous improvement is one of my strengths, once decided to do one thing to be sure to do your best.

Politicians do not need ideological differences to get into a fight, to be sure.

I hid my mask, hat and shoe covers whenever I needed to leave the surgery floor to be sure they were available again.

Owen said the company wanted to be sure the translation was acceptable in all markets that would use that material.

Some behaved irresponsibly during the boom times, to be sure, and many have been caught up in the bust.

To be sure, had we left without progress, it would have been a major embarrassment to Nixon.

One of the benefits of yoga is detoxification, so you want to be sure to stay hydrated so the toxins are flushed out of your body.

I had to cut it out to be sure the file size was well within the limit.

The point of this section is to be sure that you're clear about the way you see the world, and that you and I agree on your assumptions.

He is whip-smart, to be sure, but the equanimity with which he approaches politics seems the bigger asset during a crisis era.

She would sooner have returned to Meereen on dragon's wings, to be sure. But that was a desire Drogon did not seem to share.

Through it all, I'll keep a rather skeptical eye out to be sure that this SOAP evaluation avoids the hype the protocol has attracted.

Overall, I feel you will be in agreement with the wording of this contract, but you should still have a lawyer take a look at it to be sure.

I would put my foot out in front of me and measure the distance to be sure the wall wasn't really moving.

It's easy to feel embarrassed or anxious when talking about sex, but you need to be sure you have all the right information.

Now I started seeing this fluff cloud, barely on March 18, but I had to wait a few days more to be sure.

He's a great deal of fun, to be sure, but he's also one of the loneliest men in the galaxy.

You give it a try, add ice cream coffee drink to be sure, do not have some flavor.

To be sure, Goldman, at least in name, is unlikely to disappear from Wall Street or off the face of the earth anytime soon.

Becky had a dozen admirers in his place to be sure; and could cut her rival to pieces with her wit .

Extra care must be taken to be sure that water does not cut through any of the ridges between contour furrows.

To be sure, some jobs offer the best of both worlds: flexible arrangements with plenty of challenges and stimulation.

We "had to be sure we could have at least capital neutrality, " he told U. S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck.

But we'll be in harmony to be sure (of) that Libyan people have to know Saif will face justice.

Our attitude seems to be, "Sure, that dictator is a murderous thug, but he's our murderous thug"

To be sure, the Scottish psychologist is ready. He made an "average face" image of himself using 20 different images.

Trying to do several things at once is a sure way to be sure they'll all be unfinished tomorrow.

To be sure, the suggestion does work as a sort of Swiftian vote of no confidence in the domestic auto industry.

To be sure, doing so might have been hard for the Fed's hawks to swallow.

The only way to be sure you really do get what you pay for is to read the label carefully on everything you buy.

Transportation: The Captain wants to keep citizens save by asking his fellow Americans to be sure to think ahead and get a safe ride home.

To be sure , nobody survives in the rough and tumble of White House politics without a good measure of ruthlessness .

To be sure, the better-educated might then move. But they, and Britain as a whole, would be much better off.

To be sure, other surveys have found that the sun is indistinguishable from the average star in its class.

To be sure there was always the next station, where one might descend and return.

This has its downside, to be sure, but it does mean the for-profits are light on their feet and able to adjust to changing job-market needs.

but, to be sure, it would have been such a thing for me!

To be sure, not all students and teachers have yet been reached; but it is only a matter of time.

To be sure, over the long term the China talent challenge may be less troubling than it appears.

So far, to be sure, the dollar has held up better than expected because it is still a safe haven in a storm.

The nurse kept table on the children to be sure they were clean and neat.

'Cause I miss you baby, and I need to be sure you know.

The nurse kept a check on the children to be sure they were clean and neat.

To be sure, even those adding jobs are hiring far fewer than would be needed to put America's 14. 1 million unemployed back to work.

To be sure of a " sweet life" , a Greek bride may carry a lump of sugar in her glove on wedding day.

This was to be sure a surprise of a quite different nature from any I had met with before .

'Yes to be sure! ' said Miss Tox, keeping up the ball with great sympathy. 'And as to porter! - quite unlimited, will it not, Louisa? '

But all it took was the smallest setback for me to be sure that I was utterly worthless.

To be sure, most of any increase in national savings will come from a reduction in budget deficits.

To be sure, mealtimes were not the only thing that predicted the outcome of the rulings.

They also had to be sure that information on delivery times for all the different lines was accurate and up to date.

"May I carry away these old newspapers? " the worker asked. "To be sure, " he nodded his head.

It's abominable, to be sure, but St. Clare will have high life belowstairs, and they every one of them live just as they please.

Figuring out a strategy to deal with the North Korean nuclear threat is a challenge, to be sure.

To be sure, China's economy now is so closely intertwined with the U. S. 's that major, abrupt changes are unlikely.

To be sure, as market conditions and customer needs change, the "what" of your offering will be a continually evolving proposition.

The meeting will achieve less than was once hoped for, and Mr Obama's hands, to be sure, are tied by domestic politics.

To be sure, Asia has long been a significant influence on world sugar markets.

They're apart of every web company's infrastructure, to be sure.

Somewhat melancholy to be sure, but this was only in keeping with her own melancholy temperament.

To be sure that the wisdom of the Confucian doctrine of the mean value with a wide range of opening.

To be sure, there are good reasons for Gov. Zhou and Minister Xie not to say much to the press.

If you think you have been exposed to HIV, and your test results are negative, be sure to get retested in 3 to 6 months--just to be sure.

I also suggest checking labels to be sure that no undesirable chemicals have been added in to a mineral-based cosmetic you're considering.

We are now one market among many, a huge and affluent one to be sure, but a wise nation recognizes both its strengths and its limitations.

To be sure, lawyers and others have tried to make these distinctions work, tried to pick out the innocent in wars fought among the people.

Officials think it was an accident, but are bringing in US and British investigators just to be sure.

Just to be sure, Mr Banga negotiated a $4. 2m signing bonus that would have been his if MasterCard failed to make good on its promise.

If the number is much higher than it ought to be, the doctor may need to treat you to be sure the infection doesn't spread.

Thus the soul is shown to be immortal, and since immortal, indestructible. . . Do we believe there is such a thing as death? To be sure.

To be sure, the US government is increasing its budget deficits to put a floor under demand.

Discovering WIMPs is a big deal and you've got to be sure you're looking at the right thing.

To be sure, banks were still mainly state-owned, and the Chinese Communist Party continued to be omnipresent.

But it was not enough that he himself thought so, he had to be sure that the other animals thought so too.

Check with your employer to be sure you're able to take on additional projects outside of work.

answered : "Yes, Madam, the sun is a very fine body, to be sure, but in my onion, it is not so useful as the moon. "

You also need to be sure that you present all of your ideas in an orderly fashion that readers can follow.

It may be a plugin. To be sure, disable the suspect through the new Plugins page in the Add-ons Manager .

and that he was to be sure to come by the eleven-forty-five train that very Sunday, and have dinner with them at half-past one.

They want to be sure that he is not dealing off the bottom of the stack of cards.

To be sure, Congress's stronger mandate has freed the main ruling party from its dependence on some recalcitrant political allies.

To be sure, some of the companies that received the highest payments passed the money on to other vendors.

Just to be sure that we are talking about the same things, I think it is sensible for me to send the images back to you for reference.

To be sure, our European allies made defense efforts of their own, to avoid Congressional complaints that we were carrying the whole burden.

Of course, we would advise you to also implement server-side checks to be sure that duplicates don't get through.

Hughes, waiting a few extra minutes to be sure the emails went off without a hitch, missed the trolley.

No methodology is perfect, to be sure, but one that looks at a player's overall game within the team concept is as accurate as any.

To be sure, Chinese manufacturers of toy cars who export all their production to the U. S. could be hurt.

A negative result would indicate a woman could skip the amnio or CVS; a positive result would suggest she get one done to be sure.

To be sure, demand for loans has fallen as well as just supply; companies see less opportunity to invest profitably in a recession.

You don't need to go into details, but I need to be sure my network will not flag me down for fraudulent leads! ! !

To be sure, the giant panda seems loveable whereas the tiger might be thought by some to be rather fierce.

Certainly it is not necessary to run every example to be sure that the code works.

To be sure, in the next quite a long historical period, non-ferrous metal recycling industry will be more normative development.

We need to be sure that you are capable of delivering results before switching to work on a month-to-month basis.

To be sure, bringing expensive products and venturing into small cities comes with its challenges.

Check with your school counselor to be sure you've covered all the bases when it comes to financial aid.

But because current monetary and fiscal policy is so far outside the bounds of historical norms, it's hard for anyone to be sure.

First, they may summarize the conversation to be sure they've heard accurately what was being said.

And I yelled back for him to be sure and listen to the tape.

To be sure, it would be desirable if more people turned to the Bible more often for everyday guidance.

Although you could create your own plan, it's much easier to edit an existing plan to be sure the QuartzGBean launches when Geronimo starts.

The only way to be sure you're getting a product without trans fats is to avoid products that include "hydrogenated oil. "

He felt their weight against his thigh, and checked to be sure that their outline was not visible through the fabric.

To be sure, diversification is one of the first principles of prudent investment.

No group of believers has more reason to be sure of its own good sense than today's professional scientists.

To be sure, a very small urban loft apartment, equipped with a 1. 4-liter engine and a six-speed transmission.

To be sure, all firms have grown vastly in overall profitability, but the globalisers have done so, on average, more slowly.

To be sure, sales of new homes did tend to do a little worse during recessions, but the difference was small and short-lived.

To be sure, the trend described here is not universal. Many religious Americans, of all persuasions, do not participate in such events.

There have been "winners" , to be sure, including those who shorted financial stocks, the buyers of certain securities at bargain prices.

To be sure, not all financial advisers agree therapy should be a part of the planning process.

In his History of the Peloponnesian War, to be sure, he refrains from offering a picture of the best regime.

To be sure, they were in no way responsible for events that led to the split in AF of L and the formation of CIO in 1935.

To be sure, China's real estate market has consistently defied earlier prognostications of a crash or even a pullback.

This includes virtually any host today, but just to be sure, check with your host before you install these services.

Nuances abound in the Harrison solo work, especially as he matured. Paul is a wonder, to be sure.

To be sure, there would be some compensating benefits: imports would be cheaper for Chinese consumers, for one thing.

He seldom finished his work because he repeatedly checked with me to be sure he hadn't made a mistake.

We need to think about radical change but we have to be sure that we don't really damage the organization in the process.

If you end, there is something, the doors are opened, but you want to be sure before you end that the door will open.

To be sure, most CEOs will not have to coordinate a mine rescue, but many have to dig companies out of financial holes.

Check to be sure that there is no host name being assigned in any of the network sections.

B. Reading the paper aloud is a good way to be sure that the language is not awkward, and that it "flows" properly.

To be sure, Ms. Zhang isn't the only businessperson in the country hoping to tackle social problems with religion.

(The folks who like to wait until the last minute 'to be sure' end up paying for the privilege).

To be sure, it is no longer winter; nevertheless, it is quite cold.

so the only way to be sure you're safe is not to drink at all.

You should stop before crossing even if you think nothing is coming, just to be sure it is absolutely safe.

We are, to be sure, a miracle every way; but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting do seem peculiarly past finding out.

To be sure, hostile takeover attempts still represent a minority of the record-breaking number of mergers today.

To be sure, investors are right to be wary of highly leveraged entities or businesses in weak competitive positions.

to be sure , administrative measures can also be more effective in terms of producing results more quickly.

The latter, to be sure, are not about to drain their savings and turn their current account surpluses into deficits.

To be sure, its government is a large debtor; its net debt as a share of GDP is one of the highest in the OECD.

To be sure, the Vice President sits in on National Security Council meetings, where the gravest decisions of national policy are considered.

To be sure, low-income countries aren't the only ones being affected by global economic crises.

This "marketization" of agriculture has not, to be sure, been fully carried through.

I read their written contracts, clause by clause; to be sure nothing had been omitted from the oral agreement.

Toprevent contagious illnesses, the most important measure is to be sure all your immunizations are up to date, including annual shots.

He sometimes advises his clients to get a lawyer to be sure they're in compliance with the laws of their home country.

To be sure, the decaying Victorian mansions along the island's northern seashore are vivid reminders that booms can end in busts.

Therefore, you want to be sure you use a file created after all of your proxy servers have been started.

To be sure the proper contribution margin and Cost of Good sold booked.

To be sure, one of the biggest health effects of the current catastrophes will be on mental health.

Outside finance, bonuses are a very small component of total earnings because people need to be sure of their income flow.

Check your telephone wires to be sure they are not damaged , frayed , or twisted around power or other telephone cables .

To be sure you are seeing valid results rather than artefacts of the models, you need to take account of all the ways that can happen.

He in return inspected me carefully to be sure I grasped the significance of his statement.

Performance reviews aren't the only ways to measure effectiveness, to be sure.

To be sure, there are many things I must learn in this trade. But if there is a chance, I would be glad to take it.

To be sure, five out of six Greek banks passed the stress test with varying degrees of distinction.

To be sure, Grantham up until now hasn't been a die-hard inflationist.

to be sure, some other desire may find something here, but precisely no longer in that perfection that belongs to artifice alone.

Chinese growth, to be sure, remains extraordinarily high by world standards and looks likely to stay so.

He in turn inspected me carefully to be sure I grasped the significance of his statement.

She was not afraid, but she wanted to be sure.

To be sure, other Chinese-style movies have made their mark in the U. S. market.

You will also want to be sure that the goals are YOUR goals; not those of your family or your spouse or the community in which you live.

A few products, to be sure, are problematic, but they also discredit most first-rate, yet cheap goods.

To be sure, it is only the rare firm that can be as bad as Hampton House was and survive for any extended period of time.

To be sure, some of the dire talk may be intended to create momentum where none exists.

To be sure, the vocals are at the core of the powerful melodies that embrace hope, dreams and love, even when it's cursed.

It's better to wait for a little, to be sure, that you're going to made what we want!

It is not necessary to explicitly save a case, unless you need to be sure it is saved at a given time.

If the Chinese and the EU were able to agree it could isolate the US, though the talks are still far too fluid to be sure this would happen.

To be sure, the cadences of its poetic prose are enjoyable and the practical advice about composition may still be useful.

Make sure to check with the documentation for your framework to be sure; if you're still unsure, do the validation to err on the safe side.

To be sure, some of the international criticisms of China reflect Western biases or double standards.

You need to be sure that when your application runs, it has sufficient permissions to read the XML file.

Read the label to be sure of the size or weight of a product before you buy it.

The story ends with an environmental message warning young readers to be sure to step around Micky's 'band' next time they are at the beach.

They are also quicker. It takes two months of monkey-watching to be sure that a batch is safe. A mouse will tell you in two weeks.

Full of scandal and political revenge to be sure, but no less dynamic or responsive to the people's will for that.

To be sure, the Silver Fangs lived up to their legends in the old days.

To be sure, he wants to go with you.

To be sure, it is still a very large trading partner, but its relative importance has been reducing.

But, to be sure, managing orderly financial integration and short-term capital flows requires more than just domestic measures.