Example sentences of "[adj] to a certain [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's say I was prone to a certain amount of raffishness which would have been frowned upon by my more sober colleagues . |
| 2 | Sometimes the court lays down a prima facie assumption applicable to a certain kind of provision ( eg the rule that time is not of the essence of a rent review timetable ) . |
| 3 | The stencilled letters and numbers are assertions of this also — ‘ as part of a desire to come as close as possible to a certain kind of reality , in 1911 I introduced letters into my paintings ’ , Braque has said — but the implications are wider . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was that which made her attractive to a certain type of man . |
| 5 | This is true to a certain extent of even the most specialist feeders amongst the owls like the great grey owl or the short-eared owl , while most other species adapt their dietary requirements to a wide range of seasonal , climatic , regional and ecological variants . |