Example sentences of "[vb mod] certainly [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps surprisingly , neither of these is necessary for an industry to be a natural monopoly at some output levels , though the average cost curve must certainly have a falling portion . |
| 2 | Even if the company had too much money for its own good and wanted to go way over the top it should certainly expect a finished block of 60,000 square feet for £9.4m . |
| 3 | It wo n't buy the rest of your life , but it 'll certainly fund a good time . |
| 4 | At the peak of their literary importance , broadside sheets were used for poems by men of such eminence as John Dryden ( 1631–1700 ) , and publications of this nature could certainly find a fit home with any book-collector . |
| 5 | I shall certainly keep a beady eye on this development , which I do not welcome . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the Museum and the Reading Room of the British Library Reference Division share a common entrance , so any simple count of people walking through either of the two entrances to the building would certainly give a correct number of people entering the Museum , but it would not be correct for genuine visitors to the Museum . |
| 7 | It would certainly give a new twist to the arms race ; indeed some of Reagan 's advisers appeared to be recommending SDI precisely because they thought the Soviet economy would collapse under the strain of attempting to emulate it . |
| 8 | Adopting a Formalist approach to the nineteenth-century realist novel would certainly involve a thorough-going change of mental habit , and the critic would have to work harder than s/he does when reading Joyce to see round the fabula and the realistic motivation ; but this is not to say that it might not produce some interesting results . |
| 9 | That would certainly make a welcome change , since the weakness of trade over the last year or so has clearly deepened the recession . |
| 10 | It would certainly add a significant dimension to Eadwine 's attack on Gwynedd and the retaliation of Cadwallon if Eadwine saw in Cadwallon a powerful king likely to offer substantial military aid to the north Britons who were resisting the Anglian advance . |
| 11 | Perhaps she should try a different club and she would certainly receive a warm welcome should she come to ours here in Maidenhead . |
| 12 | Golda Meir replied that ‘ if he was ready and willing to confront us and the world with a fait accompli [ i.e. annexation of Arab Palestine ] — the traditional friendship between us would continue and we would certainly find a common language in arranging matters of interest to both sides . ’ |
| 13 | Such a definition might run as follows : ( 15 ) Pragmatics is the study of deixis ( at least in part ) , implicature , presupposition , speech acts , and aspects of discourse structure This list would certainly provide a reasonable indication of some central topics in pragmatics , but the definition scarcely helps those unfamiliar with these topics and has other more serious drawbacks . |
| 14 | There must be some better talent in the lower divisions , I do nt hold much hope of getting Cook because Wolves seem to have found a few quid recently and would certainly put a silly price on him . |
| 15 | Enabling you to allocate different joystick commands to the three coloured pedals , this nifty little piece of hardware will certainly add a good deal of realism to any driving games you may have in your collection ( except Hard Drivin' , of course , as even a steering wheel and gear shift could n't fuel-inject any realism into that ! ) . |
| 16 | For the expert the book will certainly become a standard work of reference . |
| 17 | The latest developments , which are part of the transition from a state welfare model to that of a mixed economy , are likely to attract a similarly modest level of investment in monitoring and evaluation , and as a consequence we will certainly learn a great deal less from the reforms than might otherwise be the case . |
| 18 | It will certainly take a great deal of time . |
| 19 | Food intolerance may certainly aggravate a common bowel disorder called irritable bowel syndrome . |
| 20 | However , even after excluding these infective causes and any anatomical reasons ( it has been suggested , for instance , that a ‘ pouting ’ urethral meatus in women can give rise to recurrent urethral symptoms , and a urethral caruncle , a tiny button of sensitive flesh at the urethral opening , can certainly cause a similar discomfort ) , there remain a few women for whom no predisposing factor can be elicited . |