Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [prep] a certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean to a certain extent I have just said them . |
| 2 | They tell me if I walk in a certain direction for an hour I 'll come across a road and by the time I set my watch and compass they 've vanished over the dunes . |
| 3 | The fact of the matter is , as far as the erm and I accept to a certain degree what Jack has just said , that the power for schools lies with the Governors , and it lies with the Governors because the Conservative Government has enacted legislation to allow that to happen . |
| 4 | It works like this , you get the schools involved and realise , I do n't know how many have read the national curriculum , bit like the Maestricht treaty I suppose to a certain extent ! |
| 5 | they do n't want to sit in the restaurant they very rarely do get them sitting in the restaurant I suppose to a certain extent other than the Sundays it 's just waste of space . |
| 6 | Then we 're sending a letter which erm , well let me just say , we are then also sending , now here with the D I Y , the numbers er coincide Here the numbers coincide with the illustrations , so if I talk about a certain you have to look at paper one , paper two paper three or A B C. And you see what they look like . |
| 7 | I agree with a certain amount of what my hon. Friend said . |
| 8 | I think to a certain extent the West Indian kids tend to get labelled and these labels they feel they 've got to live up to . |
| 9 | I mean one of the problems with probation I think to a certain extent is that er obviously if you get these people who keep going into prison and coming out again , er it 's really pretty difficult to erm er influence their behaviour positively probably . |
| 10 | I think to a certain extent that might be literally true , but the northern part of the county , you 've got linkages into the A sixty six have n't you , Scotch Corner and to the west and you 've also got linkages here into the Wharfe Valley and up through to Skipton again and further south you can link into the M sixty two ca n't you , as trans-pennine . |
| 11 | to , to put reasons why that this does n't mean the it actually means more , and I think to a certain extent there may be justification , some people may have put their name down and meant the whole family |
| 12 | if you land on a certain square you can keep it ! |
| 13 | So erm I do n't whether or not I s I still do n't think they were ultimately revolutionary , I think they were just erm people who they think were exploiting them at the time sort of erm you know in a certain situation |
| 14 | one mistake you know forget something and you 'll be going round like this five pints I use , I use to see quite a lot of things missing you know in a certain time |
| 15 | Yes , well I think that 's why you that 's why I keep on trying to come back to the regulatory system , because what you really in fundamental form a pension is a contract between an employer and an individual , you know you pay me so much money and when you get to a certain age I will pay you . |
| 16 | got ta recognize when you get to a certain stage that like if you drink any more you 're gon na be ill . |
| 17 | If you get over a certain number you get a jacket . |
| 18 | And that get us up to a certain distance , but even then that method must fail when you get beyond a certain distance . |
| 19 | You go to a certain pub ‘ for the vibe ’ ; you do n't go to another pub because you 're ‘ vibed out ’ . |
| 20 | Well , I suppose , if somebody 's going around with an opinion pole , and they ask you about a certain , what you think about a certain thing , that , that , presume what their asking about , may affect everybody in different way |
| 21 | If you come from a certain town or region , you will know what the different voices mean better than someone who comes from outside because you 've learned the code . |
| 22 | and they want two extra extensions you see in a certain area , we obviously do n't know that |
| 23 | We know , too , that we exist in the fourth dimension , time , because we live for a certain number of years ; besides , the fact that we can move in three dimensions implies our existence in the fourth , because movement requires time . |
| 24 | But let's have a look , as they say in a certain quiz show , at what he turned down . |
| 25 | If they are made to feel lesser , to any type of women they react with a certain machismo to try and subvert that . |
| 26 | Like dreams , they are wish-fulfilments ; like dreams , they are based to a great extent on impressions of infantile experiences ; like dreams , they benefit by a certain degree of relaxation of censorship . |
| 27 | They say girls go off horses when they get to a certain age . ’ |
| 28 | That maybe they get to a certain time when they 're going to be out of touch ? |
| 29 | Presumably perhaps they 're just saving it up until they get to a certain certain age and they 're gon na say right that 's it let's just go . |
| 30 | I think they do to a certain extent , but the teachers try and erm brush it away , they try and forget that they are soldiers ' children and try and help them mix in with the civilian children . |