Example sentences of "[be] [adj] that certain [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Milne said : ‘ I am convinced that certain parts of the north-east community have a death wish for the fish processing sector in this area . ’ |
| 2 | The Minister will be aware that certain allegations have been made about incidents in homes in Gwynedd , and in other parts of Wales , during recent months . |
| 3 | Not only that , it also seems to be true that certain herbs are good company for other plants , discouraging pests and diseases ; for instance , chives and garlic have some ability to prevent roses being infected with black spot , and chamomile is said to improve the health of young plants if they are weak and slow to grow . |
| 4 | You either crumble , or minimise the impact by having a sense of humour , by being conscious that certain responsibilities have come your way early , and by having the intelligence to cope . ’ |
| 5 | It is clear that certain policies have a limited call upon union expenditure , while other policies are a heavy burden upon expenditure . |
| 6 | It is interesting that certain numbers seem to occur frequently in folklore , particularly three , seven and nine . |
| 7 | It is arguable that certain kinds of embryonic process are highly amenable to variation in certain directions , recalcitrant to variation in others . |
| 8 | This is first because of the individual differences in stylistic competence already noted ; secondly because our sense of style is essentially vague and indeterminate , not reducible to quantities ; and thirdly because it is likely that certain deviances ( below a certain level of significance ) do not reach the threshold of response , even for the most experienced , alert , and sensitive reader . |
| 9 | It is likely that certain crimes have increased not because people have become more dishonest but because it has become easier to commit such crimes . |
| 10 | However , the position is not as simple as this because , if the merger had taken place , rationalisation and restructuring would have happened anyway and it is likely that certain plants in any combined GM/Leyland group would have closed . |
| 11 | In the public sector , it is inevitable that certain engineers will promote as much work as possible , in order to keep their empires afloat . |
| 12 | And although it is not clear what was meant by ‘ real ’ crime , it is evident that certain kinds of common theft , damage and injury were regarded as wholly commonplace in pre-war years and hardly worth a moment 's thought . |
| 13 | While it is true that certain designs are closely associated , even synonymous , with specific localities or weaving groups , centuries of trade , migration , intermarriage and inspired plagiarism have resulted in a gradual spreading of compositional traditions . |
| 14 | It is true that certain measures of nationalisation had been undertaken in the first months of Soviet government — for example , the Merchant Marine had been taken over in January 1918 and the sugar industry nationalised in May of that year — but the main efforts had been directed towards a stabilisation and regularisation of the tottering economy on the existing basis of ownership . |
| 15 | Knowledge in this context means either actual knowledge , which may be inferred from the conduct of the accused , or wilful blindness , which exists where the accused is aware that certain circumstances might exist but closes his mind to them . |
| 16 | By early 1950 it was clear that certain countries , foremost among them France , Italy and the Benelux states , were ready to consider a partial loss of sovereignty to supranational institutions . |
| 17 | The position of the frescoes mattered a great deal and also , according to Nanno Marinatos ( 1984 ) , their visibility : it was important that certain frescoes should only become visible at certain stages in the ritual — hence the pier-and-door partitions . |