Example sentences of "is [conj] certain " in BNC.

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1 If it be objected that no beginning writer shops around in this way among the idioms handed down to him from the past , the evidence is that certain beginning writers do shop around in just this way ; Ezra Pound was one of them , and he is by no means so exceptional as is supposed .
2 Moreover , with the microfiche databases available on subscription and therefore immediately accessible to subscribers , the effect is that certain types of straightforward database searches are less necessary on individual demand .
3 This is because certain newspapers thoughtlessly mentioned that some pet cats in California had been discovered to be suffering from the AIDS virus .
4 There it is well-established that part of the reason people differ , even as adults , is because certain regions of the brain responsible for triggering fearful behaviour are simply more reactive in some individuals than in others .
5 It is because certain groups are held to exemplify the working of these laws that their structural positions or social attributes are held to possess a special explanatory power , or to equip them with a special ‘ totalizing ’ consciousness .
6 This is because certain instrumentation and connecting cables ( see section 9.5 ) are arranged to match these impedances ; 600Ο is the adopted standard in professional audio-frequency systems , 75Ο the standard in domestic television and 50Ο the standard in radio-frequency instrumentation .
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