Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [prep] a certain [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The studies of Ernst Engel in the nineteenth century , led to the conclusion that after income has risen beyond a certain level , there is a decrease in the percentage of total income that is spent on food .
2 The only way to move is by proving beyond all reasonable doubt that your home address has moved over a certain distance , and that the club you wish to join is considerably closer to your new address .
3 For many on the Left , the European Economic Community has appealed to a certain brand of internationalism which found expression in hostility to the nation state .
4 If a neutral event has occurred within a certain time of an already important event , if it was of a certain category and if another of the same category had not been interposed between it and the important event , then that event itself acquires significance for the animal .
5 This concentration , upon the value aspects , can be misleading , and in fact has led to a certain neglect by many Marxists of the material , use-value , aspects of reproduction and the centrality of this use-value in the reproduction schema .
6 Leonard has admitted to a certain indifference to these studies , particularly his grasp of Hebrew with its strange characters and back-to-front writing ( with which he grew up ) .
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