Example sentences of "[adv] for a certain [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I see it , you get your bills in for a certain amount and you 've got to pay it . |
| 2 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 3 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 4 | Started all this ‘ in for a certain time ’ stuff . |
| 5 | They hold down their jobs somehow for a certain length of time , if they have good family back-up , kindly neighbours to ‘ pop in ’ , and various types of help from voluntary and statutory social services in their locality . |
| 6 | He could , Dalgliesh thought , have been judged an outstandingly handsome man were it not for a certain incongruity of feature , perhaps the contrast between the fineness of the skin stretched over the flat cheekbones and the strong jutting jaw and uncompromising mouth . |
| 7 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 8 | Three , you could arrange payment of the deposit as requested , possibly for a certain period of time and possibly for a smaller amount than demanded , this would no doubt by in the process of the licence . |
| 9 | British immigration officials have extended Natasha 's visa until February 1993 and have said that it will be renewed automatically for a certain period of time after that . |
| 10 | If , it appears , you tell a subject to watch out for a certain item in a series of random sights the subject will seldom be able to recall whatever immediately preceded the watched-for item . |
| 11 | Each smallholder has the right to receive water regularly for a certain length of time , and the levadeiro is the man responsible for ensuring this is done correctly . |
| 12 | We have fought long and hard for a certain amount of privacy in society , especially within the home , but this has not been without cost , and now we search for ways of re-establishing the collective level , as it is a part of women 's nature to do . |
| 13 | Even Edwards , according to Wood , still presents management ‘ as omniscient , conspiratorial and able , at least for a certain period of time , to get its own way — that is , to solve successfully its problem of control ’ ( Wood 1982 , 16 ) . |
| 14 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 15 | Do you have to be there for a certain amount of time ? |
| 16 | It 's only there for a certain amount of time . |