Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a certain [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durability is still a point of concern because most tend to lose a certain amount of loft with extended use . |
| 2 | But throughout all this teaching , this familiarising and making intelligible , the teacher has to preserve a certain distance . |
| 3 | I think one of the great areas of such as system is in teaching young doctors , in training people , and an expert who ca n't tell a tutee why he has given a certain answer is n't really much good as a teacher . |
| 4 | Again it has enjoyed a certain popularity as an incense . |
| 5 | He has seen a certain facility in my work for grading and assembling the facts . |
| 6 | ‘ Our beloved Leader — our glorious Leader — ’ ( this repetition for the benefit of another , who responded , ‘ Long live the Leader ! ’ ) — ‘ has brought to his attention that someone who can still see this nation of the blind has noticed a certain car hanging around the hero 's house , filled with big bad men . |
| 7 | ‘ If you want to create a certain density with a guitar you record one instrument with three mics and you get this wonderfull stereo spread . |
| 8 | Once he has persuaded a certain colleague in the States to sell it to him . |
| 9 | A free-speech amendment to a bill of rights has had a certain success that might be emulated . |
| 10 | Your life story so far , Mrs James , has had a certain lack of distinction . |
| 11 | And the seams of the canister are only designed to withstand a certain amount of pressure . |
| 12 | However , most Japanese businessmen acquainted with foreigners have come to expect a certain variety within reasonable limits in the dress of foreign businessmen . |
| 13 | Another point to be considered is that if a virtual memory operating system is to be used , once the data tree has reached a certain size ( known as the working set limit ) variables created early on in the initialization will be written out to disc . |
| 14 | Of course the response which is likely to be made to such objections is that God works with human beings , so that only when human society has reached a certain stage of development does it become appropriate to ordain women . |
| 15 | Even inset boards , where a child has to match a certain shape , e.g. a lorry to its silhouette , are difficult for the beginner who does n't always realise that he is trying to put it in upside-down . |
| 16 | Michael Feist Countryside special sites could be in open countryside away from Government policies concerning sustainability , I wonder how Professor Lock would see the situation emerging whereby a local authority has allocated a certain amount of land in its local plan for development for industrial or commercial purposes , it 's tried to erm identify a broad range of criteria but it also identified special sites erm which will only be released in exceptional circumstances , that happened to be an open countryside and had the advantages that it may be a little close to the A one or somewhere similar . |
| 17 | If a poet writes about ‘ Stella ’ , what she does , what her attributes are , by the use of the third-person form he has acknowledged a certain distance separating himself from his beloved . |
| 18 | Freames and Pitts Mills were in close proximity to one another and this , coupled with the fact that at various times they shared the same tenants and were put to similar uses , has caused a certain amount of confusion . |
| 19 | This has caused a certain amount of wrangling , with those stalwarts who had been at Down Royal through thick and thin — mostly thin — complaining because there were now too many layers to be accommodated . |
| 20 | ‘ One has gained a certain amount of experience that one did n't have before and I think we will have come out of it stronger . |
| 21 | In fact , you will probably need to overcome a certain reluctance to be recorded , whatever your location . |
| 22 | On the other hand , the HMI 's nine areas of experience , although offering an interesting alternative , appear to have a certain arbitrariness about them , especially when one ( technological ) is added with no explanation as to why . |
| 23 | This means that the ‘ brain' of the synth has to have a certain amount of waveform information from the guitar before it can determine an actual pitch and synthesise that information accordingly . |
| 24 | Julius needs to maintain a certain lifestyle , and you might find it difficult at first to cope with the demands he 'll make on you . ’ |
| 25 | Henry Cecil , trainer of Lyphard 's Delta , also looks to have a certain winner in Bal Harbour in the Listed Stardom Stakes . |
| 26 | Similarly if someone has left a certain amount to somebody and has added that the sum can quite easily be offset , since the beneficiary is his debtor on account of Gaius Seius ' estate ; yet the beneficiary does not wish to enter that estate but claims the trust : our emperor replied by rescript that he was claiming the trust against the intention of the testator , since in trusts the intention of the testator is particularly to be regarded and observed . |
| 27 | Notably the Banking Acts of 1979 and 1987 , the FSA 1986 , the Basle Concordat and capital adequacy arrangements have all meant that the Bank has lost a certain amount of discretion in implementing supervision ( see Chapter 12 ) |
| 28 | ‘ One has lived a certain amount of life , ’ Haverford admitted , swigging the Guinness Fosdyke served with the steak and kidney ( 'no particular point in just opening another bottle of Chianti in Chiantishire' ) . |
| 29 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |