Example sentences of "to [be] a certain [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Eliot heard that Wyndham Lewis had been travelling around North Africa in a thick English suit , he remarked , " Lewis was always a heavily dressed man " ; and of a lady who had acquired too many petrol coupons during the first year of the war , he said , " There is always bound to be a certain element of iniquity in these matters " . |
| 2 | I think you have to er , er , you have to be a certain kind of person , you have to be prepared to anything do n't you ? |
| 3 | ‘ The Children 's Act means there has to be a certain ratio of adults to children at the play scheme so we do need people to help out . |
| 4 | There needs to be a certain amount of mutual toleration , sensitivity and good humour shown . |
| 5 | To which he uttered the classic comment , in the more than usually low drawl he employed for such deliverances : ‘ There 's always bound … to be a certain amount of iniquity … in these matters ’ . |
| 6 | There does seem to be a certain amount of evidence that men and women have different styles of speech in the English language . |
| 7 | It seems to be a certain line of fat round it |