Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a certain [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is my brother-in-law and because of that , I have a certain fondness for him . |
| 2 | Now it seemed to me that one thousand six hundred was initially as a result of survey work or shall we say investigation into the housing waiting list carried out by the York housing department , and I have to say that I have a certain respect for the York housing department , and they have a certain reasonable and good reputation within the region as a housing department , and so there seems to me that there is a gr a there is a potential to underestimate er the the affordable requirement that 's been put to you , another point erm I 'd just like perhaps to seek a little clarification from Mr Curtis , was was unfortunately I was looking something else up or my attention was diverted when he gave some figures for Ryedale and Selby , I think he said , and I 'll happily stand corrected on this , that if you take away the York requirement figure from his ten thousand four hundred for Greater York , then the remainder he would apportion to Selby and Ryedale , so that Selby got four thousand two hundred , sorry , so that Ryedale got four thousand two hundred and Selby got one thousand seven hundred , erm that does n't add up to ten thousand four hundred and I I I in total , and I I wondered where the rest was coming from , if I the point correctly . |
| 3 | Never once in all the years they had known each other had Chambers gone further than a grudging admission that she had a certain flair for bookkeeping . |
| 4 | If the benefits of large families were obvious in the Irish peasant society in which we had once had our roots , they had a certain value for us too ; they scored vital points on the council housing list . |
| 5 | It has a certain notoriety for its garlic-scented foliage , but anyone with a taste for good food will definitely find it rather pleasant ! |