Example sentences of "[subord] [art] certain [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No longer a rock band , where a certain stiffness in the limbs is a virtue , but not yet virtuoso jazzers , The Style Council are stuck at that most useless of levels — semi-fluency . |
| 2 | A distinction is made between sales negotiations , where a certain amount of bargaining may take place , and pure selling , where the salesman is given no freedom to bargain . |
| 3 | And although a certain number of eager thirty-something listeners will scan the radio dial in search of Mr Branson 's yuppie rock , more will discover the channel gradually , perhaps by accident . |
| 4 | Crunch exhibits exactly that , although a certain amount of brittleness does get in the way of the smooth , valve-based sound I tend to prefer . |
| 5 | Raglan seams can be designed with the same number of rows on both the armholes and body pieces if required ( so that patterns , stripes , decorative decreasings and so on , will match up at the seams ) , although a certain amount of trial and error with various measurements is necessary to achieve this . |
| 6 | More fruitful perhaps than such broad categorizations is the implication of Figure 2.1 that it is better to think of disciplines as occupying a certain space in a universe of knowledge , rather than a certain level in a hierarchy or place on a map . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This ensures that the manager seeks the artist 's permission before spending more than a certain amount of money . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This option is chosen automatically when more than a certain number of measurements fall outside a certain tolerance . |
| 15 | Unlike in certain other European countries , British labour law sets no maximum duration to a temporary employment relationship , whereby all persons employed for longer than a certain period of time automatically have permanent status . |
| 16 | What is being proposed at the moment , however , is no more than a certain view of our conception of causation . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | First , every Act of Parliament , in effect , says that if a certain state of facts exists the tribunal may do a certain thing ; those facts are always for the relative decision of the tribunal . |
| 19 | There were tribunals which had jurisdiction if a certain state of facts existed but not otherwise ; it was not then for the inferior tribunal to determine conclusively upon the existence of such facts . |
| 20 | Even if a certain amount of the succeeding material unmistakeably evokes the spirits of Soltan 's immediate Soviet musical forbears , his endlessly resourceful and distinctive orchestration ensures that passing resemblances are never unduly pronounced . |
| 21 | The new rules include a way in which national policy , currently decided at conference , can be overturned if a certain number of university unions oppose it . |
| 22 | No well erm , I did ask , old Chris spoke to me once in the park and then there 's and things like that , cos a certain amount of secrecy in the , things like that and erm I I sort of turned it down and he even er er er well while and and Len that said Stanley did you ever think about joining the Masons ? |
| 23 | ‘ Though miracles sometimes occur while a certain companion of ours is close at hand . ’ |
| 24 | While a certain amount of stress can be positive — it provides energy which enables us to do the things we want to do — it only becomes a problem if it develops into distress . |
| 25 | I 'm beginning to wonder whether a certain amount of agony is n't inseparable from having relationships anyway ; that 's what relationships are , in fact , and that 's the pleasure of them . |
| 26 | We would all , I suppose , recognize that to write well and appropriately requires a grammatical sense ( as well as a certain number of other abilities ) . |
| 27 | The two sets of apparatus complement each other to a certain extent and also provide a useful means of cross-checking results , as well as a certain amount of friendly competition . |
| 28 | The second problem — which will increase in importance with the opening of the Scottish Science Reference Library in 1986 — is more difficult to solve , as a certain amount of delay is inevitable since most serials are acquired indirectly , through the Library 's Copyright Agent in London . |
| 29 | When a certain degree of proficiency has been reached , a student takes part in free fighting with a partner . |
| 30 | Part of the principle of equal treatment is that a compulsory bid must be made when a certain level of shareholdings is actually exceeded , namely a third of voting stock . |