Example sentences of "be [adj] to certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was starting to feel that making music underground might not be too unacceptable a way of living , it might be preferable to certain compromises , when an unpleasant thing happened . |
| 2 | The generality of the ANLT system will obviously be ill-suited to certain aspects of any specific problem . |
| 3 | The hospital environment might also be conducive to certain forms of suicide [ e.g. a high building ( Salmons 1984 ) , adjacent railway track ( Langley and Bayatti 1984 ) or river ] . |
| 4 | It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions , but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary : ( a ) For respect of the rights or reputations of others ; … |
| 5 | When Parliament creates a new crime , this is presumed to be subject to certain defences at common law , such as self-defence and duress , and also ( very frequently ) to the requirement of a state of mind ( intention , knowledge or recklessness ) . |
| 6 | While this letter may not be similar to certain ones you 've had recently , I must say that the Morrissey saga has been somewhat overplayed , do n't you think ? |
| 7 | As excavated by structuralism , the underlying order found , for example , in house layout , exchange relations or morality , may be reducible to certain basic patterns or transformations . |
| 8 | Colorectal tumour cell lines may also express receptors specific for gastrin , and gastrin has been shown to be mitogenic to certain colorectal cancer cell lines in vitro and in transplantable tumours in vivo . |
| 9 | However , the conclusions of these writers may be open to certain lines of criticism , and some writers who have addressed the question of nuclear weapons and the laws of war have reached conclusions which are significantly different in important respects . |
| 10 | Some issues are likely to be relevant to certain vendors products or certain organisational situations , but experience suggests that certain issues occur across a range of technical and organisational contexts . |
| 11 | These features can be difficult to price ; even if mathematical models are prepared , pricing will still be sensitive to certain inputs to the model , most importantly subjective estimates of future volatility of financial variables such as the share price , interest rates or foreign exchange rates . |
| 12 | If you can accept this concept , you will then be able to understand in principle why some people are predisposed to some illnesses or tend to be sensitive to certain types of dietary changes , groups of food , or nutritional deficiencies . |
| 13 | For example , portfolio B being more sensitive to inflation than to production may be desirable to certain investors while portfolio A has the opposite qualities . |
| 14 | If the Proof was heard in Kirkwall she said it would be prejudicial to certain adult witnesses that would be called . |