Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [art] certain [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Wittgenstein argued that the solipsist can not develop rules in the way required , and hence can not construct a language ; and we conclude from this that a certain programme in epistemology is not going to be available .
2 This most frequently involved the use of ceilings : banks being told not to allow advances to expand by more than a certain percentage compared with the previous year .
3 between aiding suicide and making available , for example , certain drugs to relieve pain which , if more than a certain dosage is taken , will cause death .
4 In fact , financial targets might be seen as equivalent to constraints imposed by shareholders in a public company who require dividends of a certain level ( or indeed as related to constraints on regulated companies who must earn no more than a certain return on capital ; see chapter 5 ) .
5 This ensures that the manager seeks the artist 's permission before spending more than a certain amount of money .
6 If there is more than a certain amount , gravity will in due course draw the galaxies back together .
7 Conservative backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards for households which would lose by more than a certain amount .
8 When this last measure failed to force some authorities sufficiently into line , the Conservative government , in 1984 , introduced a measure called rate capping that made it illegal for authorities designated by the Secretary of State to levy more than a certain amount in rates , their only form of independent finance .
9 It was difficult for our branch of the bank , which was not allowed to keep more than a certain amount of money in the safe , and often had to send documents and money to the head branch in Parma .
10 ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’
11 If you see and screen more than a certain target number of patients you will get paid more . ’
12 What is being proposed at the moment , however , is no more than a certain view of our conception of causation .
13 There are also diagnostics allowing a recalculation of the ‘ good ’ reference levels if the number of bad readings exceeds a predetermined level or an output of warning messages if any of the measurements used in computing the average is more than a certain tolerance from the mean .
14 A haulier must register for VAT if there are reasonable grounds for believing that its contracts will bring in more than a certain sum per year .
15 In certain mines the men were not allowed to earn more than a certain sum but there is no evidence of this invidious practice at Coniston .
16 Also , it may be worth pointing out that most shareware distributors offer a policy whereby users buying more than a certain number of disks pay less per disk .
17 This option is chosen automatically when more than a certain number of measurements fall outside a certain tolerance .
18 If there is less than a certain amount , the gravitational force will be insufficient to stop a never-ending expansion .
19 Most countries allow their citizens to bring home articles without an import licence , providing they cost less than a certain amount , without paying excess duty .
20 The last time they were in office Labour said the same thing , those earning less than a certain amount would not pay tax , however , in reality everybody paid out more and remember Harold Wilson 's pound in your pocket speech ?
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