Example sentences of "in certain [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I think there 's a third fact that you touched on earlier that I think it 's just worth mentioning and that is that we know it 's also a genetic pre-disposition to anorexia nervosa , in other words , we know that in certain families it is a disorder that will run from one generation to another .
2 Local events include sheepdog trials , cattle markets and Highland games , and in certain pubs you will be treated to Scottish evenings and folk music .
3 For more definition in certain areas I allowed the cutter to stay in one place long enough to burn the surface of the timber .
4 In certain cases they never received this modification and found their way almost unaltered into school programmes , as in Lagos State , Nigeria .
5 For this reason the House of Lords held that in certain cases an applicant for a declaration or an injunction should not have a choice of procedure : in certain cases it would be and ‘ abuse of the process of the court ’ for an applicant seeking a declaration or an injunction to proceed otherwise than by way of an AJR under Ord. 53 .
6 In certain cases it might well be that the defendant 's ignorance will not help him .
7 In certain cases it is possible for a firm to start its own sales organisation with little investment .
8 And yet was it a fact , was it the truth , or was it merely a psychological speculation which in certain moods he found it interesting to contemplate ?
9 However , in certain circumstances they will charge VAT-registered traders an additional amount ( the flat rate addition ) when supplying agricultural goods and services .
10 However , despite section 89 , the statutory pre-emptive rights are far from being entrenched ; in certain circumstances they can be modified or waived .
11 Once they were in place , not only could peasants buy ( rather than just occupy ) their dwelling-places , but also in certain circumstances they could " acquire in full ownership " the land which the charters assigned them .
12 In certain circumstances it might have been preferable for a beneficiary to have a real action , in which case he would press for interpretation as a legacy .
13 A waterfall does not have to be prefabricated to be successful and in certain circumstances it is desirable that it is not so .
14 If the agreement is subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , then it is important that it does not contravene its provisions : e.g. in certain circumstances it is not possible to exclude liability for death or personal injuries at all .
15 Re-writing the partnership agreement will not be a practicable exercise in larger firms , although in certain circumstances it may become necessary , eg if in the course of negotiations with a new partner some hitherto unsuspected inadequacy is revealed .
16 In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office .
17 For there to be such a fact about me is for it also to be true , roughly , that in certain circumstances I would consciously believe , desire , fear , intend , or whatever .
18 I would n't use a bulletproof , well in certain circumstances I might , but I 'm not trained to carry a firearm so I would n't use a I , hopefully , I wo n't get selected to go into a house where I need to wear a bulletproof uniform .
19 Virtually all gifts ( in certain circumstances you could have to pay tax if the gift is above £3,000 or if , as may occasionally be the case , the money from the donor has not been previously taxed ) .
20 Due diligence will be undertaken by a number of different advisers to Newco and the investors , and in certain transactions it is advisable for these parties to meet before the exercise in order not to duplicate work and to provide for cross-fertilisation of ideas .
21 Though the panther 's coat looks totally black , in certain lights it can be seen to be patterned with even darker spots .
22 Such models are much too simple to describe the complex viscoelastic behaviour of a polymer , nor do they provide any real insight into the molecular mechanism of the process , but in certain instances they can prove useful in assisting the understanding of the viscoelastic process .
23 But I mean the main the main I mean in it in certain quarters we 've been down playing that aspect of it simply to get it through .
24 Following this expressivist logic , if a group is unable to objectify its interests in certain domains it may attempt to create its own cultural forms in some other field , although some groups without any resources are bereft of both power and prospects in virtually all spheres .
25 In certain respects they resemble or recall the heads of Kota and Hongue reliquary figures from the French Congo , some of the most abstract and inventive of all African tribal sculptures , and which existed in a wide and varied selection in the collections of the Trocadero at the time of Picasso 's visit .
26 In certain situations we said that written-down cost could be used as an alternative .
27 Er again if you 're in certain situations you need coordin very very good coordination and timing and again just jogging would not do that .
28 ‘ And in certain ways I 've been very lucky .
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