Example sentences of "have certainly [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rain at this end of the island tends to die off towards the end of March , but it has certainly damaged pitches including that at the Government Stadium , which Paterson reckoned would be deemed unplayable by most clubs in Scotland . |
| 2 | The same applies to Eckhard Pfeiffer , who has certainly turned Compaq Computer Corp around for the time being , but has not been in the job long enough to demonstrate proven staying power . |
| 3 | In fact a common complaint over the past decade has been that the high level of data content included in entries for the benefit of cataloguing records has been achieved at the cost of timeliness , and the BNB has certainly lost ground as a selection source for this reason . |
| 4 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 5 | Whatever the spiritual significance of her experiences , Kempe has certainly attracted attention from others as a mediaeval example of psychiatric disorder ; for example in Dale Petersens , A Mad People 's History of Madness and in porter 's more recent A Social History of Madness . |
| 6 | Mecdi has certainly taken Taskopruzade to mean that Molla Fenari held the posts simultaneously , for he adds to Taskopruzade 's statement about his holding the offices the sentence : " He united the aforementioned posts at one time . " |
| 7 | Tiny Lithuania — under 3 million people — has certainly arrived centre stage in world affairs in recent months . |
| 8 | Having that Greater York dimension has certainly allowed progress to be achieved dramatically in Greater York , erm , it 's led to progress towards progress towards green belt definition , and more importantly it 's led towards resolution of future strategy for Greater York . |
| 9 | The designation of zones has certainly encouraged development , but this has varied from region to region . |
| 10 | Stamp duty suspension for properties up to £250,000 has certainly encouraged householders wanting to move up the housing ladder to start looking again . |
| 11 | Mo Codd has certainly finished Sparkle to a very high finish below . |
| 12 | He has certainly beached Smith on the trade union question . |
| 13 | Lesley Banks is n't sure if she likes the idea , but admits that the buzz around town has certainly opened doors for her . |
| 14 | It is an approach to management training and development that has certainly helped McDonald 's become a global success story . |
| 15 | The R Y A beginner 's course has certainly got Suzanne here sailing with confidence in no time at all . |
| 16 | Erm I mean I I 've got from I think I 've certainly got Roger 's and and Norman 's erm stuff for |
| 17 | We 've certainly had Escorts before , er |
| 18 | The new Fowler operation had certainly made use of the sales information , but this did not involve any breach of contract by Mr Fowler and the other former employees , nor did it show an actionable conspiracy . |
| 19 | There were later rumours that the gesture , however sincere , cost Toshack the Liverpool management when Bob Paisley retired ; he had certainly seen Swansea as his apprenticeship . |
| 20 | But the Flemings , yes , because Peter had certainly loved Nona . |
| 21 | Three years can be a long time in a young life , Bernice concluded , and three years in Bernice 's century had certainly changed Ace . |
| 22 | Downstairs , on one side of the front door was a large sitting-room and on the other a bathroom which had certainly started life as the front parlour and had probably been used only on occasions of wedding parties and funerals . |
| 23 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 24 | In any event by 1606 he had certainly attracted patronage at the highest level : his sponsors for freedom of the City were Lady Arabella Stuart , third in line to the throne , and her future father-in-law Edward Seymour , Earl of Hertford [ qq.v . ] . |
| 25 | Mary 's marriage to Henry had certainly taken place by February 1381 , and Thomas might well have done what he could to prevent her marrying , but Froissart casts Thomas as a villain in his account of English politics in Richard II 's reign , and not every detail in the story should necessarily be accepted at face value . |
| 26 | She had certainly taken pains over her dinner party and Hywel had equally certainly shown no enthusiasm for it . |
| 27 | I had to agree that Hindley had certainly attacked Heathcliff first . |
| 28 | And I instanced Bob Geldof as someone whose commitment to the problem of hunger had certainly got things done , and inspired millions of people to see ( even if only transiently ) that they could make a contribution to a problem that they had previously held in their minds , albeit not very consciously , as ‘ not mine ’ and ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 29 | He had himself — however ambiguously — received investiture with his archbishopric from the king , and he had certainly consecrated bishops who had been thus invested . |
| 30 | He had certainly entered Edward 's service by 1274 , when he was appointed joint custodian of the vacant see of Durham . |