| But with a tumultuous off-season looming, Bateer's return to Denver is far from a sure thing. |
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| The one sure thing you can say about the media, is that they can have it printed before you can draw breath. |
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| What do you expect of that ne'er-do-well relative who's always hitting you up for a loan because he's come up with a sure thing? |
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| A sure thing, I was told, if you've got a several hours to spare, with your arm muscles in knots, and your shoulders hard-back into a fighting chair. |
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| In the fall, going back to school is a sure thing for most kids, but not if your child is ill or suffers from a chronic disease. |
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| With Linux proliferating in consumer devices that's almost a sure thing since even if the program developer doesn't do it some firmware hacker will. |
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| There is one sure thing in life: with each passing day we each get another day older. |
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| But as Iran gets craftier, sussing out its nuclear program is no sure thing. |
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| Just a few days ago, a resumption of negotiations at Davos looked like a sure thing. |
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| Shooting stars called NBI, a pioneer in word processing, or AOL, a sure thing as there never was. |
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| The only sure thing is that it won't be published again from Games Workshop. |
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| The bet on a potential frost event prematurely ending the American Midwest growing season is hardly a sure thing at this stage. |
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| The only sure thing is that if Squats ever come back to life it will be under a different name. |
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| So far, despite the FNCSF's representations, neither renewal of the agreements nor consultation of the school boards is a sure thing. |
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| To work in safety and with dignity is therefore never a sure thing, according to the interviewees. |
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| They have been dancing around the possibility of having a vote, which is far from a sure thing. |
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| Power's immediate growth, perhaps even its long-term survival, was far from a sure thing. |
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| The marketing of housing units is extremely competitive in nature and by no means a sure thing. |
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| Also a sure thing within the team that he enriches with his hard work, his reliability and his strategist spirit. |
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| In the dynamic business world of today, the only sure thing is that change will be constant and rapid. |
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| The show became such a sure thing, in fact, that Phantom of the Opera no longer holds the record for opening day sales. |
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| With McAuliffe only leading polls by eight points, the election is far from a sure thing. |
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| And her work in Trip to bountiful was widely hailed as an Emmy sure thing. |
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| Try the fresh salads and anything pasta-based is a sure thing. |
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| In fact, the only sure thing we know looking forward is that once the U. S. gets back on a stronger growth curve, and it will, from time to time events will occur in the world that may impact Canada's economy negatively. |
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| A healthy future for whales is still not a sure thing. |
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| While change seems to have become a constant in our modern-day lives, the one sure thing that we can count on is the fact that the Canadian workforce is getting older, and will continue to do so for the next two decades. |
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| The one sure thing about the term is that it is a misnomer. |
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| With the decline in investments in modernization, which has been ongoing since 2004, gains in competitivity are far from being a sure thing for Quebec manufacturers. |
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| The ECB clearly suggested that a rate hike was almost a sure thing. |
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| The only sure thing in this action-packed film is that yesterday's certainties are subject to scrutiny and will probably not be tomorrow's certainties, whether aficionados of a certain folklore like it or not. |
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| And with Oregon having lost both blowouts and squeakers in the past month, there's no such thing as a sure thing for the Ducks. |
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| In fact, distinguishing between billies and nannies isn't necessarily a sure thing. |
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| Catastrophically speaking, Y2K may be the closest we've ever come to a sure thing. |
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| But the persistent trade in illegal CFCs is only one sign that ozone recovery is far from a sure thing. |
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| It's a makeable putt, as golfers like to say, but far from a sure thing. |
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| We still look at real estate as being the only sure thing and the only sure tax reduction,'' said Wendy Furth, president of the Southland Regional Association of Realtors. |
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