Example sentences of "for certain [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were it not for certain agreeable female attributes , you could very nearly pass yourself off as his double . ’ |
| 2 | We need not take up the argument here : let us , instead , turn to the more interesting subject of the explanations offered by the Ndembu themselves for certain key symbolic motifs . |
| 3 | In most media there are premiums charged by the owners for ‘ fixing ’ ads in particular positions , and individual positions carry premium prices : TV is divided into peak , pre-peak , off-peak , etc. , time , and into as many as seven categories by some stations , quite apart from special ‘ packages ’ ; magazines charge extra for the covers , for certain key editorial spots , sometimes for righthand pages ; and so on . |
| 4 | Ideally , cases should be completed in eight weeks for certain persistent young offenders . |
| 5 | In this context , this means used and disclosed only for the purposes for which it is compiled , or for which authority is given , or with the donor 's consent or for certain other limited purposes . |
| 6 | The courts may also impose a discretionary life sentence for certain other serious crimes . |
| 7 | Detection is less of a difficulty for certain other regulatory agents , such as housing inspectors ( Mileski , 1971 ) or consumer protection officers ( Cranston , 1979 ) , whose enforcement domain is peopled with complainants . |
| 8 | Yet it was undeniable that such formulae were available for certain special quintic equations ( for instance the five roots of unc are each radically expressible ; see exercise 4.6.6 ) . |
| 9 | Examples include odour and taste discrimination , with important effects on the evolution of language and cuisine ; preference from infancy onward for certain basic geometric designs over others ; phoneme formation ; rules of transformational grammar ; the development of particular , species-wide facial expressions to denote the emotions of fear , loathing , anger , surprise , and happiness ; various other forms of nonverbal communication ; the pattern of mother-infant bonding ; the method of infant holding by women ; fear of strangers ( a usually strong response that persists from about six to eighteen months ) ; phobias ; and others ( see the review by Lumsden & Wilson , 1981 ) . |
| 10 | A difficulty arises with the Fourier transform integral of equation ( 11.11 ) because it is indefinite for certain important time-dependent functions F(t) such as the unit step function shown in figure 11.4(a) . |
| 11 | Proponents of voluntary aided status for certain independent denominational schools could argue that the obstruction of their proposals is compounding the difficulties as well as denying them the choice which is available to other groups . |
| 12 | Security of tenure was restored for High Court judges , the Attorney General , and members of the Public Services Commission , when on Dec. 6 the National Assembly passed unanimously a bill reversing a 1986 constitutional amendment which had removed security of tenure for certain senior public officers [ see also p. 35429-30 ] . |