Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] certain [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again it has enjoyed a certain popularity as an incense . |
| 2 | He has seen a certain facility in my work for grading and assembling the facts . |
| 3 | Once he has persuaded a certain colleague in the States to sell it to him . |
| 4 | Your life story so far , Mrs James , has had a certain lack of distinction . |
| 5 | Of course the response which is likely to be made to such objections is that God works with human beings , so that only when human society has reached a certain stage of development does it become appropriate to ordain women . |
| 6 | Michael Feist Countryside special sites could be in open countryside away from Government policies concerning sustainability , I wonder how Professor Lock would see the situation emerging whereby a local authority has allocated a certain amount of land in its local plan for development for industrial or commercial purposes , it 's tried to erm identify a broad range of criteria but it also identified special sites erm which will only be released in exceptional circumstances , that happened to be an open countryside and had the advantages that it may be a little close to the A one or somewhere similar . |
| 7 | Freames and Pitts Mills were in close proximity to one another and this , coupled with the fact that at various times they shared the same tenants and were put to similar uses , has caused a certain amount of confusion . |
| 8 | This has caused a certain amount of wrangling , with those stalwarts who had been at Down Royal through thick and thin — mostly thin — complaining because there were now too many layers to be accommodated . |
| 9 | ‘ One has gained a certain amount of experience that one did n't have before and I think we will have come out of it stronger . |
| 10 | This means that the ‘ brain' of the synth has to have a certain amount of waveform information from the guitar before it can determine an actual pitch and synthesise that information accordingly . |
| 11 | Similarly if someone has left a certain amount to somebody and has added that the sum can quite easily be offset , since the beneficiary is his debtor on account of Gaius Seius ' estate ; yet the beneficiary does not wish to enter that estate but claims the trust : our emperor replied by rescript that he was claiming the trust against the intention of the testator , since in trusts the intention of the testator is particularly to be regarded and observed . |
| 12 | Notably the Banking Acts of 1979 and 1987 , the FSA 1986 , the Basle Concordat and capital adequacy arrangements have all meant that the Bank has lost a certain amount of discretion in implementing supervision ( see Chapter 12 ) |
| 13 | ‘ One has lived a certain amount of life , ’ Haverford admitted , swigging the Guinness Fosdyke served with the steak and kidney ( 'no particular point in just opening another bottle of Chianti in Chiantishire' ) . |
| 14 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |
| 16 | As with the other areas discussed above , style has achieved a certain autonomy in contemporary industrial society , going beyond its capacity for ordering to become itself the focus of concern . |
| 17 | WACC has acquired a certain expertise in this field , but its activities so far have been confined to a few countries or sub-regions . |
| 18 | She 'd married a sporting celebrity , so she 'd expected a certain amount of attention , but she was n't sure she appreciated Ace 's rather smug pleasure at looking at himself . |
| 19 | Now , the Yale and Union locks they 'd got a certain type of locks that they produced and it was all done with a system , you know what I mean and more or less come to assembly and er they did that . |
| 20 | I entertained the hope that while one or two lazy habits may have crept in , the passage of years will have added a certain maturity to my conduct behind the wheel . |
| 21 | THE DISTRIBUTION of personal property gives the most comprehensive overview of the wealth of the English people in the sixteenth century , because almost everybody must have owned a certain amount of goods and chattels , and , as required , a value was assigned to ‘ every man 's substance ’ , if only a few shillings — commonly reduced to a curt ‘ nil ’ — representing the clothes on their backs and other personal effects . |
| 22 | ‘ I see you have noticed a certain peculiarity about my appearance . ’ |
| 23 | As it was , the most she could hope for was his speedy return to Hong Kong , but for now she supposed she would just have to endure a certain amount of contact , as he had warned her earlier at the party just before leaving her with Cavell Fielding and Penny Seu Chen . |
| 24 | At the actual erm meeting which put this into practice the Conservatives suggested a phased in method , some now and some later , and this would have relieved a certain amount of hardship . |
| 25 | The danger of this opinion is that it tends towards Manichaeanism , the heresy which says that Good and Evil are equal and opposite and the universe is a battlefield ; however the Inklings may have had a certain tolerance for that ( see C. S. Lewis 's Mere Christianity , Book 2 , section 2 ) . |
| 26 | Having reached a certain level of proficiency , I decided to experiment with mathematical curves for my bowl designs , combining my interest in mathematics and the belief that the best solutions are often associated with simplicity . |
| 27 | But the fact that he must have discerned a certain shyness in her responses … |
| 28 | Though even to have achieved that , may I presume to suggest , might have required a certain degree of divine intervention . ’ |
| 29 | Macdonald also remarks a contrario , that " while the cheapness of women 's work as compositors in Edinburgh seems to have attracted a certain class of work from London , the men 's success in keeping up wages in London bookbinding does not seem to have driven bookbinding to the provinces " . |
| 30 | The man appeared to have regained a certain amount of composure . |