Example sentences of "it certainly [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It certainly fills a large gap in the market with interesting and challenging text . " |
| 2 | The mechanism of this anti-viral effect is still not fully worked out , but it certainly involves the increased production of two particular enzymes . |
| 3 | It certainly identifies a central tendency in a particular repertory ; but it goes on not only to consume that repertory in every aspect but also to gobble up all kinds of popular music . |
| 4 | It certainly embodies an affective ideal of marriage , yet it is also the work of a woman who was firmly convinced that marriage is fraught with dangers . |
| 5 | He insisted the princess could be crowned queen if Charles was king and they lived separate lives but said : ‘ There would be no constitutional bar , but it certainly requires a strong effort of imagination to project oneself forward into that situation . ’ |
| 6 | It certainly makes a great difference to our lives when we see prayer as delighting in God . |
| 7 | It certainly makes a refreshing change from reams of text menus . |
| 8 | This request was obviously not well received , for at the bottom of the letter is the hand-written comment : ‘ At first sight it certainly appears a bad case of body snatching , but I assume this is not so . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ At first the idea of writing a wind serenade to precede The Marriage of Figaro was daunting : it has such an exciting overture , it certainly needs no further curtain-raiser — and what if I took a theme from the opera and overdid it , so no wanted to hear it in its proper place ? |
| 10 | Whether or not we will shortly have a passive computer lobby , it certainly gives a new meaning to the hacking cough . |
| 11 | Although it certainly has a romantic streak , our subject is a serious academic discipline ; it is not an intellectualized transcendental meditation in which exotic beliefs are wrenched crudely from their setting to be appropriated in the selfish pursuit of some second-hand , simulated , and ultimately spurious nirvana . |