Example sentences of "have a certain [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sentence such as John has been taken ill has a certain syntactic structure which remains unchanged in different communicative settings . |
| 2 | Fingers has a certain visual appeal , but you do need at least a 386 and 3Mb of memory to run it . |
| 3 | Perhaps this has a certain symbolic significance : the farm worker has become more isolated from his fellow workers , but more attuned to the world beyond the farm gate . |
| 4 | And finally , the structuralist view of structures is supported by the Saussurean distinction between synchrony and diachrony which itself has a certain logocentric resonance . |
| 5 | This definition of topic has a certain intuitive appeal , in the sense that what two participants are concentrating on , in their conversational talk for example , is a reasonable candidate for ‘ the topic ’ . |
| 6 | A herd of deer , a pride of lions or a pack of wolves has a certain rudimentary coherence and unity of purpose . |
| 7 | This makes no biological sense , of course , but it has a certain psychological validity , in that the significance to most members of our society of the difference between , say , a thrush and a blackbird is roughly comparable to that between a collie and a spaniel . |
| 8 | declared for people who are buying houses and etcetera and it has a certain statutory status but it but it can be looked at again clearly . |
| 9 | This austere doctrine has a certain theoretical appeal … |
| 10 | The most remarkable part of this very large-scale ( 46 minutes ) quartet is the fantastical scherzo , which has a certain diabolic character ( and is certainly diabolically difficult to play ) . |
| 11 | I argued earlier that there are problems in attempting any rigorous theoretical definition of the ‘ manual work/mental work ’ , or ‘ manual/non-manual ’ , distinction but all the same this classification , conceived as a socially constructed principle of division , has a certain social validity , as least as it applies to male workers . |
| 12 | Christmas Carol has a certain old miser in it . |
| 13 | They have always had a certain macho image and reasonable new prices have ensured that residual values are sensible . |
| 14 | The first is that we do not have a certain general idea , since often we do not have certain specific ideas . |
| 15 | Oh , André was always a hit with the girls , and he did have a certain effeminate appeal and a wonderful way with words , but he lacked Piers 's vitality , the vibrant sexuality that seemed to smoulder away inside him . |
| 16 | Snow does have a certain corpuscular arrangement , which fits it to produce ideas of coldness and of whiteness in us ; but just as there is nothing in fire resembling our idea of pain , so there need be nothing in snow resembling the whiteness and coldness it appears to have . |
| 17 | They may feel that a certain kind of relationship between the legislature and the executive is important ; or that the judicature should have a certain guaranteed degree of independence of the legislature and executive . |
| 18 | In the context of such an overwhelming victory for phallocracy , the BBC 's weird decision to focus its hype on Peter Snow 's giant swingometer seems to have a certain symbolic logic . |
| 19 | It was clear to me that , although Harold realised the total impropriety of the medical attitude , human nature made it impossible for him not to have a certain mild satisfaction . |
| 20 | They seem to have a certain psychological reality for native speakers as units of knowledge in spite of their abnormality as units of behaviour . |
| 21 | It had a certain peaty resonance . |
| 22 | Rescuing beleaguered maidens had a certain passing reward , but most of the time he 'd finished up by setting them up in some city somewhere with a handsome dowry , because after a while even the most agreeable ex-maiden became possessive and had scant sympathy for his efforts to rescue her sister sufferers . |
| 23 | Copies were not denigrated ; in fact , it was nearly as important to own an image that had a certain spiritual value and worth as it was to have something new . |
| 24 | But Pavel was level-headed , and he knew that he had a certain inner strength ; nobody could have kept her and cared for her in secret and for so long without it . |
| 25 | Decay had a certain undeniable pathos and character , but it meant death — death to the heart , death to the mind , death to the spirit . |
| 26 | In the end , coming home from Benediction , he had blurted it out , rather boastfully , since he had felt that a brush with a real pick-pocket had a certain adventurous quality about it . |
| 27 | Also , it was nevertheless her Sunday best and , as such , had a certain innate dignity in spite of its nastiness . |
| 28 | It did n't compare to his effort , but it had a certain naïve charm . |
| 29 | Constance still respected her friend and had a certain detached affection for her . |
| 30 | Waterfront ( 1950 ) had a certain social realist clout and his reviews were not bad . |