Example sentences of "[noun sg] certainly [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 2 | This act certainly constituted a legal precondition to the proclamation of Finland 's neutrality , but it coincided with a period in the mid and late 1950s when for various reasons the notion of neutrality in Europe suddenly gained a positive image among Soviet leaders . |
| 3 | The knowledge that Puddephat had married one of his own students in the first place certainly threw a new light on his protestations of innocence at the inquest into the dead student . |
| 4 | The Revolution certainly marked a belated victory for the policy of Exclusion , and finally established the legislative sovereignty of Parliament . |
| 5 | The huge price tag attached to the iron certainly promises a great deal . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The top of the range , £15,290 convertible certainly has a likeable side , as our road test has already made plain . |
| 8 | The present performance certainly makes a splendid case for the piece , and I ca n't imagine anyone hearing it without great pleasure . |
| 9 | The antelope 's coat certainly has a bluish tinge , though there is nothing particularly cow-like in its rather beautiful appearance . |
| 10 | Not everyone had sufficient assets of sufficient value to cover what he still owed , or was willing to surrender them , but the new scheme certainly benefited a large number . |
| 11 | The former Conservative party chairman certainly ignited a powerful piece of ordnance in the Chamber on Thursday during the statement on Hong Kong . |
| 12 | I agree with the first part of what my hon. Friend has said : nuclear power certainly makes a valuable contribution to the environment by curbing carbon dioxide emissions . |