Example sentences of "at [adv] [art] certain [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They proposed instead a new list of candidates which included themselves ‘ and certain other painters whom we knew to a greater or lesser extent … who seemed to us capable of representing if not a particular tendency at least a certain standard ’ . |
| 2 | Although medieval students were often noisy and riotous , the aims of their travels were peaceful , and this sets them at least a certain distance apart from the crusaders . |
| 3 | The famously awful Labour manifesto of 1983 had at least a certain integrity . |
| 4 | One company had obtained a concession from its local unions to employ at least a certain proportion of its workforce on a temporary basis . |
| 5 | I always advise musicians to digest at least a certain amount of knowledge about their business affairs . |
| 6 | So again can you see you have other people to consider if you 've partners , but that 's one of the difficulties of having a partner , but then again think , if you do n't have a partner , that 's worse cos you 've nobody to communicate with , nobody to shout at , nobody to organize or organize you , er nobody ready made to go out with , you 've got it all to do yourself because your number one requirement when you 're left on your own is to get the company and the activity , whereas if you , if you are er living with a person then at least a certain amount of that is ready to hand . |
| 7 | Nevertheless the influence of Parliament in this respect could be considerable and the need to give it at least a certain amount of information about foreign affairs could hardly be avoided . |
| 8 | A single node will recognise something if at least a certain number of its inputs are on , so it is basically a counting device . |