Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] certain [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breach of the partnership agreement It is usual to specify certain provisions of particular importance ( eg failing to maintain proper accounts or actions which might cause the firm to lose its investment business certificate ) the breach of which would enable the power of expulsion to be exercised and , in a further ground , to refer in more general terms to persistent and general failure to observe the spirit of the agreement . |
| 2 | As mentioned earlier , it is possible to treat certain phobias ( although not all ) by hypnosis without ever having to discover what caused them in the first place , and for some patients this is all they require . |
| 3 | A substantial number of miscible blends have now been discovered using this principle and it is possible to identify certain groups or repeat units , which when incorporated in polymer chains tend to enter into these intermolecular interactions and enhance the miscibility . |
| 4 | It rests on the assumption that it is possible to produce large quantities of almost identical items in a modem industrial process , and therefore it is possible to establish certain tolerances within which quality is acceptable , and outside which it is not acceptable . |
| 5 | But I can see circumstances in which a patient is unwilling to have certain procedures carried out and says so under the impression that in any event the emergency which would bring those procedures into play will not happen . |
| 6 | Given that so much of the occupationalist initiative in education and outside ( YTS , etc. ) is aimed at the lower academic ability bands , it is useful to emphasize certain points : |
| 7 | However the development of negligence doctrines means that it is convenient to consider certain defences which have particular relevance to negligence at this stage . |
| 8 | The idea that something so apparently soft and harmless has pain-inflicting daggers on the ends of the feet is enough to disturb certain infants and to make them distrust the approaches of all felines . |
| 9 | To learn effectively it is necessary to grasp certain principles and rules , and these rules would be particular to individual academic disciplines . |
| 10 | Before looking at some of the major issues raised in the study of social stratification , it is necessary to examine certain aspects of stratification systems . |
| 11 | … To this general test it is necessary to add certain amplifications . |
| 12 | The Commission recognises that to achieve this objective it is necessary to reserve certain areas exclusively to the national postal administrations . |