Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | But let's have a look , as they say in a certain quiz show , at what he turned down . |
| 2 | Doctors believe the majority of cancer tumours grow to a certain stage before their cell walls rupture and release enzymes . |
| 3 | The argument is that just as direct democracy is ruled out by the size of the modern state , so too once companies grow beyond a certain size it is no longer possible to involve all their members directly in the decisions concerning the running of the company . |
| 4 | Rather than expressing the individual reality of the speaker who happens to utter them , these ‘ personal ’ aspects of language testify to a certain self-consciousness or reflexivity within language itself . |
| 5 | Even those who do not exemplify the cynical or the blasé attitude tend towards a certain reservation in their social relations which barely conceals an aversion to direct personal contact ( 1978 : 331 ) . |
| 6 | Luke 's Gospel and Acts both speak of a certain ‘ Judas of James ’ , which is usually translated as ‘ Judas , son of James ’ . |
| 7 | If they are made to feel lesser , to any type of women they react with a certain machismo to try and subvert that . |
| 8 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 9 | Black children react in a certain way because they feel they are being picked on , and because they react badly then further reaction follows . |
| 10 | The basic salaries paid to executives relocated abroad depend to a certain degree on which countries are involved . |
| 11 | Like dreams , they are wish-fulfilments ; like dreams , they are based to a great extent on impressions of infantile experiences ; like dreams , they benefit by a certain degree of relaxation of censorship . |
| 12 | Make no mistake about what I mean by selling : it does n't matter if you are trying to get people to buy tins of beans , contribute money to starving millions , or vote for a certain politician , you are selling the product , social cause , or person . |
| 13 | They are well aware of the amount of variation possible in ‘ scientifically produced ’ data and look with a certain scepticism upon laboratory results , especially when they diverge markedly from their own intuition or their expectations based on past knowledge . |
| 14 | Those whose gifts and tastes lie in a certain direction — people who do not have a head for mathematics — may well have been influenced by this in an early career choice . |
| 15 | The fact of the matter is , as far as the erm and I accept to a certain degree what Jack has just said , that the power for schools lies with the Governors , and it lies with the Governors because the Conservative Government has enacted legislation to allow that to happen . |
| 16 | So erm I do n't whether or not I s I still do n't think they were ultimately revolutionary , I think they were just erm people who they think were exploiting them at the time sort of erm you know in a certain situation |
| 17 | one mistake you know forget something and you 'll be going round like this five pints I use , I use to see quite a lot of things missing you know in a certain time |
| 18 | They say girls go off horses when they get to a certain age . ’ |
| 19 | That maybe they get to a certain time when they 're going to be out of touch ? |
| 20 | Yes , well I think that 's why you that 's why I keep on trying to come back to the regulatory system , because what you really in fundamental form a pension is a contract between an employer and an individual , you know you pay me so much money and when you get to a certain age I will pay you . |
| 21 | Presumably perhaps they 're just saving it up until they get to a certain certain age and they 're gon na say right that 's it let's just go . |
| 22 | got ta recognize when you get to a certain stage that like if you drink any more you 're gon na be ill . |
| 23 | If you get over a certain number you get a jacket . |
| 24 | And that get us up to a certain distance , but even then that method must fail when you get beyond a certain distance . |
| 25 | Then we 're sending a letter which erm , well let me just say , we are then also sending , now here with the D I Y , the numbers er coincide Here the numbers coincide with the illustrations , so if I talk about a certain you have to look at paper one , paper two paper three or A B C. And you see what they look like . |
| 26 | It works like this , you get the schools involved and realise , I do n't know how many have read the national curriculum , bit like the Maestricht treaty I suppose to a certain extent ! |
| 27 | they do n't want to sit in the restaurant they very rarely do get them sitting in the restaurant I suppose to a certain extent other than the Sundays it 's just waste of space . |
| 28 | if you land on a certain square you can keep it ! |
| 29 | I mean to a certain extent I have just said them . |
| 30 | You go to a certain pub ‘ for the vibe ’ ; you do n't go to another pub because you 're ‘ vibed out ’ . |