Example sentences of "certainly [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This certainly offers a fruitful way to see , say , the impact of early rock 'n' roll which one intuitively senses as ‘ radical ’ , yet which from the start , and increasingly as time went by , made use of traditional elements of musical and lyric form and content , and subsisted within the nexus of capitalist production processes . |
| 2 | Whatever the figure , the thought of divestment certainly drives a lot of fund managers forward . |
| 3 | Our man with a briefcase almost certainly drives a Volvo . |
| 4 | Certainly got a lot . |
| 5 | They certainly got a chance to do that . |
| 6 | He certainly made a great entrance : I played a slow air , a favourite of mine , Cuaist Nam Fir-Cun Og ( The Flight of the Eaglets ) . |
| 7 | That certainly made a difference three days later when British Columbia faced the tourists at Vancouver 's Brockton , a stunning setting on a perfect summer afternoon . |
| 8 | The Fermoys certainly made a mark on the area . |
| 9 | Laurent-Perrier certainly made a splendid effort towards Wild Game Conservation when they started their £5,000 awards in England in 1984 . |
| 10 | He certainly made a few enemies . |
| 11 | It certainly made a big difference . |
| 12 | I certainly did , yes , I certainly made a point that you must be careful that , erm , particularly the self-employed , that you do n't exceed the maximum allowable . |
| 13 | This period of Eliot 's development is often seen as one of increasing narrowing , so that it is useful to emphasize that while it certainly represents a concentration of energy on Christian themes , it also represents a continuing openness to other elements and a drawing on resources whose foundations were laid in Eliot 's studies at Harvard . |
| 14 | But it certainly represents a bold and timely initiative on the part of those involved in theological education . |
| 15 | Most impressive is the ‘ Hestia Giustiniani ’ ( fig. 76 ; the best known copy was long in the hands of the Giustiniani , and the statue certainly represents a goddess , though perhaps rather Demeter , Hera or even Aphrodite than the rarely represented Hestia ) . |
| 16 | It certainly lacked a mother figure . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ One could certainly build a theory around it . |
| 18 | Selection almost certainly involves a process of active inhibition which screens out , among other things , unwanted or inappropriate associations between thoughts . |
| 19 | The shock caused by Balfour 's going thus did something to steady the party and it certainly produced a real determination to settle the affairs of the party with less friction than had been fashionable of late . |
| 20 | He certainly fought a stout rearguard action . |
| 21 | Manager Dick Graham brought Jackie Bannister to Selhurst Park on a free transfer from Scunthorpe United in July 1965 , having assessed this combative wing-half or full-back at close quarters when the pair were at The Hawthorns in the early 1960s , and Jackie certainly became a valued member of Palace 's 2nd Division defences under Mr Graham in the second half of that decade , missing only one game in two seasons between August 1966 and May 1968 . |
| 22 | They would certainly make a safer choice for a first aeroplane after the club trike than does the twitchy taildragging Silvaire and its lookalike cousins . |
| 23 | That would certainly make a welcome change , since the weakness of trade over the last year or so has clearly deepened the recession . |
| 24 | Putting aside their more immediate patriotic considerations , the Lions ' selectors and coaches might be glad enough to have as much supporting evidence as possible with regard to eschewing token selections , made just to keep all four countries happy , and that could certainly make a difference to the size of the Scottish contingent . |
| 25 | Cumulative alcohol intake certainly plays a role and other environmental factors , in particular nutrition , may also be important . |
| 26 | A single person , or a couple without children , extremely busy and not overly fond of cooking will almost certainly prefer a functional , working room that looks and is efficient . |
| 27 | However , this would depend on demand in Europe , and on price — too much Russian gas into Europe too soon would certainly depress a currently over-supplied market . |
| 28 | It 's certainly come a long way from the upstairs room at the Albert . |
| 29 | We have certainly come a long way since Aristotle and Ptolemy , when we thought that the earth was the centre of the universe ! |
| 30 | ‘ Well , you 've certainly come a long way from the child who ran from me in that garden . ’ |