Example sentences of "[verb] for certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electric/hydraulically powered adjustable wheelbase will stay for certain , and the recycled aluminium structure with its plastic panels is here and now technology . |
| 2 | Allowing for certain stylistic overlaps , all medallion designs can be divided into two broad categories . |
| 3 | ( ii ) Second reading In his discussions with the Leader of the House relating to the Bill , the Minister will have arranged for certain times ( usually a day or two , but perhaps up to eight days ) to have been set aside for the second reading debate . |
| 4 | Some Romanians claim ( not unreasonably though without evidence ) that Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were diabolists who had arranged for certain black magical and other superstitious figures to be carved in the decorations of the Casa Republicii or hidden in the overall design and visible only to other satanic initiates of the occult . |
| 5 | In the Companies Act 1981 an option was given for certain smaller companies ( provided they are not public companies ) to produce modified or shortened accounts for filing with the Registrar of Companies . |
| 6 | For some organisations specialising in catering for certain kinds of " event " , or for some operating in certain regions , these seasons are more pronounced than for others . |
| 7 | to see for certain |
| 8 | I asked for certain research facilities and I got them . |
| 9 | The same goes for certain other immigrants , such as newspaper proprietors . |
| 10 | Mr Sugar warned that prevailing exchange rates were forcing Amstrad to raise prices , causing demand to fall for certain products . |
| 11 | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has been asked to look at the allegations and to arrange for certain persons who are said to be able to shed new light on the case to be interviewed . |
| 12 | Rule-based analysers are designed for certain ( typed ) input and the production of the parse tree for the input . |
| 13 | I do not know for certain why I went up there to watch them doing it . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think you will , ’ said the Brownie Guider , ‘ but I do know for certain that you faced what to you was great danger with wonderful bravery . ’ |
| 15 | If doctors could know for certain which individuals would develop the disease , they could treat potential diabetics before the process takes hold . |
| 16 | And though we do not know for certain , it does seem doubtful that the only sins against EPA science are those that have been revealed . |
| 17 | ( Actually , until we carry out a properly calibrated experiment to measure the forces involved in both versions nobody will know for certain which is more powerful . ) |
| 18 | Only then would he know for certain that it had really happened , and that he would have to take some action . |
| 19 | Now , nobody would know for certain how he had died , or what had been wrong with him , her husband . |
| 20 | Answering this kind of question will inevitably involve you in a certain amount of guesswork , because you ca n't know for certain what has been going on , but some assumptions are more likely than others . |
| 21 | We do n't know for certain but it was probably to be given to you on your arrival . ’ |
| 22 | Already the ‘ What I want for Christmas ’ letters are pouring into Mr Brooke , although the goodies ( we do n't know for certain what they will amount to — that would spoil the surprise — but if we are lucky they may amount to £36 million per sector ) will not be dispensed for two years at least . |
| 23 | It does n't know for certain , so it simply doubles whatever free space it thinks is left — after all the software is n't psychic and ca n't know what files are going to wind up on the hard disk . |
| 24 | We do not know for certain what the total membership of any such set is , how many items belong to it , or the extent to which speakers vary in assigning items to the set . |
| 25 | Besides , you could never know for certain whose side everyone was on , and the wrong word might get about . |
| 26 | What Ah do n't know for certain is what happened immediately before that . |
| 27 | We may never know for certain . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll know for certain in about an hour . |
| 29 | ‘ I should n't think so for one minute but I do n't know for certain . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The common denominators in all these factors , as a mathematician would say , are Dacourt and Millet but , first , we do n't know for certain if the wine sent to the Abbe Gerard was in fact the same he was drinking the night he died . |