sure thing

If the Foxes looked like a safe bet for Champions League qualification before City’s ban, they looked a sure thing in its aftermath.

There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.

“They sure took the Sony thing seriously,” Attkisson said dryly.

But the other thing that needs to be done is for us citizens to do.

And it must make sure that the platform of debate where we can freely exchange ideas is safe and sound.

No one seems to know who that is—or why they would want to do such a thing.

"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.

That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?

Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.

It is only just to say, that the officers exhibited a degree of courage far beyond any thing we had expected from them.

And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?