1.   The way he wrote it, I guessed he was as sure as anyone that I had been the trigger man.

2.   Americans are not as sure about abortion rights as they were a decade ago.

3.   Analysts who follow the companies that lock up the bums say the prison business is as sure a bet as death and taxes.

4.   And as sure as we hoped,

5.   As sure as Auerbach was the master back then, West is the undisputed one now.

6.   As sure a shot as any Tennessee farm boy, York was also deeply religious.

7.   As sure as there is traffic on the Central Artery, there is Bourque on Causeway Street.

8.   As sure as asparagus and artichokes signal the arrival of spring, so does the annual Department of Health Services quarantine on mussels.

9.   After spending an afternoon at Gallivan Center, things do not seem as sure.

10.   But companies that decided to leave their advertisements intact say they are just as sure their business will benefit, especially if the towers are rebuilt.