Example sentences of "certainly have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Achieving this independence will often have taken many years and will certainly have involved a great deal of effort . |
| 2 | Secondly , it enables us to take account of the knowledge that , as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said , had Saddam Hussein not allowed his greed to overcome his stealth by invading Kuwait last year , he would almost certainly have developed a nuclear weapon by the end of 1993 . |
| 3 | Had he paused before taking up his pen , and listened to the ghost of Jeeves , he would certainly have heard a deprecatory cough and the chilling words : ‘ I would scarcely advocate it , sir . ’ |
| 4 | But she told the boy his offences were so serious that had he been 15 , not 14 , he 'd almost certainly have received a custodial sentence . |
| 5 | For many people it 's riskier than the next approach and there is no guarantee of results ; but you will certainly have made a powerful impression on others . |
| 6 | Closer collaboration with the IMF , and fresh money , will almost certainly have to await a new government , due in March . |