Example sentences of "[verb] have a certain [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your life story so far , Mrs James , has had a certain lack of distinction . |
| 2 | This means that the ‘ brain' of the synth has to have a certain amount of waveform information from the guitar before it can determine an actual pitch and synthesise that information accordingly . |
| 3 | I can remember having a certain amount of resentment towards politics after that . ’ |
| 4 | I can remember having a certain amount of resentment towards politics . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , you 've got to have a certain degree of structure in it and that happens I think through the parish council in a number of the key areas , but you have got to retain a degree of flexibility , otherwise you will just stifle initiative , you 'll stifle growing issues that happen . |
| 6 | Having said that you need not buy large quantities of any one flower , do remember that you are bound to have a certain percentage of failures in your press , no matter how hard you try . |
| 7 | ‘ I do have a certain amount of work to do , ’ Alice said , ‘ but I can fit in with your plans , Harry . |
| 8 | Since that fraught evening over a month ago , Celia had had a certain change of heart . |
| 9 | ‘ It seems to me , do correct me if I 'm wrong , but reading the weekly ‘ Jottings ’ one would say you 've had a certain amount of experience with women . ’ |
| 10 | I am white , I 'm middle class in terms of my background and to that extent have had a certain degree of privilege and I 'm also in some situations , easy enough to attack . |
| 11 | ‘ The whole cultural situation in Oxford is such that you have to have a certain degree of power or influence of money to be admitted to any social sphere , ’ he fumes . |
| 12 | Annie watched her group 's progress with interest ; the literature they produced and the meetings they held had a certain sort of agente provocateuse element in them . |