Example sentences of "[art] certain number [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's only a certain number of times a person can take spelling ‘ Aphrosyne Agathangelou ’ over the phone . ’ |
| 2 | Well I 've already said about the bulk transfer Giro , I quite honestly do n't know whether any other option can be given to people , they 've given the option to defer their pension with the Post or their present scheme , transferred it new company scheme or take out er the money and take out a personal pension fund er I suppose there might be a possibility of offering people after a certain number past a certain number of years the opportunity to remain within the fund they 're in but er the contribution and who , who makes a contribution may be a problem , but that 's the only other option I can see . |
| 3 | There 's only a certain number of places a prostitute can go and earn money , so all a pimp needs to do is drive round in his car until he sees you . |
| 4 | It starts off at some value here and it goes down until eventually when it 's done a certain number of miles the car 's worth nothing . |
| 5 | ICI stipulates that she must work a certain number of days a year to keep in touch . |