Example sentences of "[verb] certainly [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , he has certainly done a lot to change it . |
| 2 | One thing is certain , Fergie 's plight has certainly moved a lot of newspapers , even if it has n't moved the public . |
| 3 | MICHAEL Roberts has certainly gone a long way towards silencing his critics in the past week . |
| 4 | The original meaning , as defined by Collins , has certainly taken a mean whipping before re-release into this streetwise prose but we 're talking the same thing here , are n't we ? |
| 5 | ‘ It has certainly taken a great deal of time for myself and the other ten or so members of our committee . |
| 6 | Similarly , attention was turned to education : the Board of Education Report for 1917–18 declared that the War ‘ has certainly brought a clearer and wider recognition of the value of education , and , while showing the defects and shortcomings of our system , has produced the resolution to improve it ’ . |
| 7 | The death of Froggy Davies has certainly removed a real character from the golf scene . |
| 8 | Our link up with adidas has certainly provided a boost to membership , with many of you taking up the option to join and receive a free headband or wristband for their trouble . |
| 9 | And his appointment to the position four years ago has certainly opened a whole new world to the former Tees and Hartlepool port authority chief executive . |
| 10 | Anneka was today filming on location somewhere in London for her current programme , Capital Woman , ‘ which has certainly required an extra effort . ’ |
| 11 | So that it 's it it has certainly got a lot of value an exercise like that , even with entirely good conditions . |
| 12 | ‘ But the horse has certainly had a few adventures in the meantime . |
| 13 | Drug money has certainly had a baleful impact on Guatemala , but there is nothing particularly new about it . |
| 14 | Admittedly the absence of Brian Reid gave him the 250 at Carrowdore and then Derek Young 's injury at Kirkistown handed him the Open Road Racing Ireland award , but he has certainly had a year to remember and his performances in the 600cc series have all been high class . |
| 15 | With a list of accolades under her no doubt stylish belt — including the prestigious British Designer of the Year Award in 1985 and an MBE in 1987 — she has certainly had an illustrious career . |
| 16 | It has secured sales and has certainly proved a successful campaign . |
| 17 | He 'd certainly used an interior designer , and whoever it was had done a really remarkable job . |
| 18 | Although he did not refer to sentencing practices as such , the traditional English approach to sentencing certainly provides an excellent example of Weber 's khadi justice which ‘ knows no rational ‘ rules of decision ’ and eschews the giving of reasons for decisions . |
| 19 | Although recent research appears to raise some uncertainty about the purchase of commissions in the artillery and engineers , purchase certainly had a less prominent place in the promotions in the technical corps . |
| 20 | They do not uplift or inspire by style or ‘ credo ’ as do , say , C S Lewis , Primo Levi or Bonhoeffer 's LETTERS FROM PRISON , but James and Spark certainly have a richness of language and a liveliness which makes them a good read . |
| 21 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 22 | The argument that is to be found most frequently in the writings of the philosophers who held this conception does not in fact relate to colours and sounds , though colours and sounds certainly received a good deal of attention . |
| 23 | Had we sold our house two years ago , we 'd have certainly made an offer on a property that I later realised was quite unsuitable . |
| 24 | The base categories selected for the explanatory variables are old and poor , to try to avoid negative paths ; if we had used the young as the baseline , we would have certainly produced a negative effect of old age on preparedness to break the law , for example . |
| 25 | My employer 's godson looked an earnest , scholarly young man , and one could see many fine qualities in his features ; yet given the topic one wished to raise , one would have certainly preferred a lighter-hearted , even a more frivolous sort of young gentleman . |
| 26 | United certainly made a fight of it in the second half but their finishing was poor . |
| 27 | On this last point , it is worth emphasizing , in advance of the evidence , that Nietzsche did certainly reject a quantity of material before the final draft , but that few of the " suppressed " passages are at all long and none are strikingly impressive . |
| 28 | Oh dear well you 've certainly made a nice job of it here anyway . |
| 29 | Yes , you 've certainly scored a winner this month , folks , I hope you 're over the moon about it ! |
| 30 | ‘ You 've certainly caused a stir . ’ |