Example sentences of "certainly [vb -s] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | But it certainly represents a bold and timely initiative on the part of those involved in theological education . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Selection almost certainly involves a process of active inhibition which screens out , among other things , unwanted or inappropriate associations between thoughts . |
| 8 | Cumulative alcohol intake certainly plays a role and other environmental factors , in particular nutrition , may also be important . |
| 9 | She certainly looks a more attractive three-year-old prospect than Digression , who won the big juvenile colts ' event , the Royal Lodge Stakes . |
| 10 | The black rock on the lower section of the route certainly looks a bit suspect , but fortunately looks can be deceptive . |
| 11 | It also offers several utilities not provided by the File Manager , and it certainly looks a lot prettier . |
| 12 | The author also quotes , with apparent approval , Cyril Connolly 's remark that ‘ those with an irrational fear of life become publishers , ’ which certainly adds a new dimension to Freud . |
| 13 | Your dog certainly needs a properly balanced diet , and I suggest you write to Mrs Caroline Kiscoe , Meadow Cottage , Culford , Bury St Edmunds , Suffolk IP28 6DT . |
| 14 | Christine certainly needs a lot of physical stamina as she is on her feet all day long . |
| 15 | Punishing people certainly needs a justification , since it is almost always something which is harmful , painful or unpleasant to the recipient . |
| 16 | Glasgow certainly needs a modern landmark — something to deflect the eye from the miserable tower blocks of the 1960s . |
| 17 | Shelley certainly rings a bell . |
| 18 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 19 | The top of the range , £15,290 convertible certainly has a likeable side , as our road test has already made plain . |
| 20 | Whatever Romania 's military aspirations , Bucharest certainly has a record of carelessness with nuclear materials . |
| 21 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 22 | And Fowler certainly has a stack more runs left in him after Lancashire 's biggest shake-up since manager Jack Bond and Peter Lever were axed in 1986 . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't remember riding for Jonjo before , but it would be great to get him off the mark and this horse certainly has a bit of a chance , ’ smiled Willie who is closing fast on another century . |
| 24 | The antelope 's coat certainly has a bluish tinge , though there is nothing particularly cow-like in its rather beautiful appearance . |
| 25 | Although it certainly has a romantic streak , our subject is a serious academic discipline ; it is not an intellectualized transcendental meditation in which exotic beliefs are wrenched crudely from their setting to be appropriated in the selfish pursuit of some second-hand , simulated , and ultimately spurious nirvana . |
| 26 | The embryonic Encina , it believes , with far fewer users than Tuxedo , certainly has a lot more to do to win the mindshare it needs . |
| 27 | This certainly has a biological basis as well as a social one . |
| 28 | Your boyfriend certainly has a communication problem and walking out on an argument is very immature . |
| 29 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 30 | When Mariner 10 reached Mercury the following data on planetary magnetic fields were to hand : the Earth rotates quickly , almost certainly has a large molten iron core , and has a strong dipole field ; Mars rotates quickly , but probably has no molten iron core , and has no detectable dipole field ; Venus probably has a sizeable molten iron core but rotates slowly , and has no detectable dipole field ( perhaps also because it has no solid inner core — see section 4.2 ) ; the Moon rotates slowly , probably has no liquid iron core , and has no detectable dipole field . |