Example sentences of "[verb] a certain [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most trips involve a certain amount of walking and most people can walk , with 97 per cent of the population able to go out on foot . |
| 2 | Taking a long-distance call still causes a certain turbulence here . |
| 3 | During early 1990 $297m worth of securities were stolen from a City messenger and whilst a general alert went out should any unusual presentations for payment be made at maturity to minimise the risk of loss , it is nevertheless true that this kind of occurrence causes a certain difficulty due to the fact that invariably the instruments in question are bearer instruments . |
| 4 | On shrinkable soils , such as clay , this continual extraction of water , followed by the absorption of further supplies from rainfalls , causes a certain amount of movement in the surrounding ground . |
| 5 | While the government negotiator Fanus Schoeman insists that the ANC has agreed to share power because a government of national unity is power-sharing , the ANC leader Nelson Mandela said on Saturday that an interim government of national unity was not power-sharing and that the body would include all parties who have won a certain proportion of seats in a constituent assembly . |
| 6 | Conveyancing provided a certain tedium that he found soothing . |
| 7 | Pug people say their club is classless , but the dogs do seem to attract a certain kind of owner . |
| 8 | From the point of view of the ‘ host ’ or ‘ hostess ’ the most immediate benefit of showing art would be to enhance a pleasant ambience , but the more ambitious would also be seeking to attract a certain clientele by offering more than the comfort of food . |
| 9 | There was as well , similar but a whole step in advance , the why-dun-it , the book which depends for its interest on showing that someone who could easily enough have committed a certain murder but who on the face of it was incapable of that particular crime ( i.e. one who had J. C. Masterman 's aces of spades , hearts and diamonds but apparently not clubs ) is nevertheless seen eventually to be psychologically capable of that crime after all , once probed deeply enough . |
| 10 | In bureaucratic organizations the latter notion ultimately leads to situations in which a man can be called a ‘ manager ’ solely on the grounds that he supervises a certain number of people , and without regard to the degree of judgement or decision-making responsibility such supervision requires . |
| 11 | Certainly , the polyps on their long stalks provide a certain amount of cover for the fish , but without the strong stings that protect clownfish in anemones . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | It was a low budget production but drew a certain amount of attention as it attempted to explore spiritualism . |
| 14 | Any conversation with elderly people may include a certain amount of guilt or recrimination about the past . |
| 15 | It is as though , in our theory of how we came to exist , we are allowed to postulate a certain ration of luck . |
| 16 | Why does she buy a certain product , where and how often ? |
| 17 | In fact , he managed perfectly well if you did n't count a certain lack of variety in his evening meals and the fact that he was forever missing the lunch that the boys brought over from the mensa dead on twelve-thirty . |
| 18 | It made me anxious , focusing on my physical self , keeping a certain shape . ’ |
| 19 | What one should however point to is that the critique of western culture which in recent years has been mounted by feminists has not been understood or appropriated — and that in this there lies a certain blindness . |
| 20 | For all that , behind the new ring of confidence from Mr Kinnock and the Labour leadership lies a certain hollowness of conviction . |
| 21 | The hold of the state and party ‘ did not extend in to every family ’ and some sections of society ‘ maintained a certain autonomy ’ . |
| 22 | Certainly MacDonald 's international fame was greater than Baldwin 's , and there is some evidence that he maintained a certain touch for foreign affairs well after he had lost it domestically . |
| 23 | So decide to meet a certain number of people for so many minutes each day , and gradually increase this over six months . |
| 24 | Comprehension questions are intended initially , to familiarise pupils with the document , and , in addition , to establish a certain body of knowledge about the document and especially about the process of its creation , that will form the foundation for enquiries directed at more " historical " preoccupations . |
| 25 | You still have to be on top of your stuff , though — judges expect a certain level of competence to staging a little-girl-lost act in court will do no good whatsoever . |
| 26 | They both retained a certain affection for me but not in the way I wanted . |
| 27 | other safety nets ( known as ‘ performance clauses ’ ) can require the manager to secure a certain level of earnings for the artist throughout the agreement . |
| 28 | You may want to go back to your original data and indicate what you want a certain sound to be ow that you have checked it , and from now on you would use correct and consistent symbolisation . |
| 29 | The truth is that , like the traditional denim jean , workwear will strike a chord with those who want a certain amount of style without the risk of being labelled a fashion fool . |
| 30 | He picked up his journal and leafed through the parchments until he found a certain sheet , then read it through in silence . |