Example sentences of "but [art] certain [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not remember passion , but a certain eroticism — that , definitely . |
| 2 | Paviour greeted the visitor with immaculate politeness , but a certain air of acid disapproval which might well have stemmed from nothing more than nervousness . |
| 3 | None of this showed on her face , but a certain rigidity of jaw would have betrayed to the careful watcher that perhaps she was n't quite as calm and in control as she wished to appear . |
| 4 | Not only are lower paid workers likely to occupy housing that is different in tenure from that of skilled workers but a certain proportion of the latter may occupy housing that is similar to that of the non-manual group adjacent to them . |
| 5 | Oh , I had no real evidence but a certain wariness , a feeling of unease . |
| 6 | But a certain failure , distressing to themselves , to be like other people , caused them to sink back , with so much else that drifted or was washed up , into the mud moorings of the great tide-way . |
| 7 | He was not brown like Buddie , with crinkly hair and pale palms , but a certain swarthiness of the skin set him apart from all the other boys he knew . |
| 8 | Such relationships belong to problem novels , rather than to novels of action , to fiction where a place is not the scene in which action develops but a certain spot where characters place themselves in order to talk . |
| 9 | A procession is not a material thing , but a certain organization of material things . |
| 10 | But a certain set on the paper come here pretty regularly . |
| 11 | Its stretchability should be low to assist hook penetration when striking over the great distance , but a certain amount of stretch is needed as a safety margin to assist the cushioning effect of the rod . |
| 12 | Learning is therefore achieved in a negative way , but a certain amount of experience is necessary before such an evaluation can be made . |
| 13 | But then we made a sort of left turn with ‘ Tusk ’ , which dumbfounded a lot of people , not just the record company who obviously wanted the market , but a certain amount of the public who were expecting something that they 'd already labelled and were comfortable with . |
| 14 | In trying to bring cattle thieves to justice they faced not only the usual difficulties but a certain amount of popular tolerance of the crime . |
| 15 | I also speak with a , a while ago now , but a certain amount of experience in Northumberland working for the county council in bringing development into Cramlington new town , so I am aware of the er the merits of er getting your elephants by having a cage already made . |
| 16 | McMillan was an extremely hard worker but a certain fluidity in his perception of time made him sometimes an unpredictable colleague . |