Example sentences of "[be] certainly a " in BNC.

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1 They 're certainly a controversial issue .
2 Incidentally , the hero of the end of the week , when the going was really hard , namely our Church Officer 's young grandson , Steven Massey , said to Frances Robertson when she offered him this form of sustenance ‘ Well , I do n't know about the Turkish , but you 're certainly a delight . ’
3 ‘ But I 'm certainly a lot happier than after my first match at Liverpool !
4 And while I 'm not his hugest fan , I 'm certainly an admirer and this storming , bleeping , lost-in-house noise has plenty to admire about it .
5 yeah , erm I would take a guess that there will be because we still have ambitions to shed a load of space so it would be advisable to re-fit to release further space we have another twenty six smaller stores that we have n't done at all yet other than put a so yes we 'll have an on-going re-fit programme I ca n't give you the exact details because erm how many it 's gon na be but there will be certainly an on-going re-fit programme .
6 IPSWICH Town may have had their minds on Saturday 's sixth round FA Cup tie against Arsenal because they were certainly a long way below their best against struggling Middlesbrough at Portman Road last night .
7 Railcars themselves , which entered service in Donegal in 1926 , were certainly a fore-runner of the modern ‘ Sprinter ’ … a bus on wheels .
8 The seventies were certainly a period of great change in attitudes within the Customs & Excise in general , and on the cutters in particular we saw great improvements in many ways with the acquisition of better technical equipment such as highly sophisticated radio communication , and the development of international relations .
9 Whoever the child-murdering Mingrelians might be they were certainly a long way away .
10 The wage explosions were certainly a product of overaccumulation in a general sense : more or less full , and rapidly expanding , employment during much of the long boom was a necessary backdrop .
11 But still tariff cuts in the sixties were certainly an important influence on the trade during the period .
12 It 's certainly a narrow aréte , but I found the tiny loose stones of Am Bodach 's unstable path far more disquieting than this ridge , with its well-worn , solid path snaking comfortingly across to the last top between us and our goal of Sgurr a' Mhaim .
13 COLBERT : He 's certainly a lot more marketable than Damien Hardman .
14 I 'm not sure they succeed in this more ambitious intention , but it 's certainly a commendable effort by the authors .
15 ‘ There 's certainly a degree of roughness with horses , ’ he admitted .
16 It 's certainly a cheery coincidence that , while the Franks fritter away several chunks of their Go !
17 There 's certainly a tribal vibe here , but it 's not the kind of ecstatic enlightenment and spiritual hedonism The Shamen are promoting .
18 ‘ The ball he bowls is very awkward , ’ Russell comments , ‘ but he 's certainly a quality bowler .
19 Turn the corner and it 's certainly a different world , if not a new one .
20 Obviously there 's a need to be clear about legal and copyright terms but it 's certainly a service that 's got a lot of potential .
21 This is an this is er another this is a good one for use in the field , it can be quite accurate it 's , it 's certainly a very easy one to use in the field cos all you need is a thing that looks a bit like a telescope about four inches long and what tha the principle it 's working on here is the fact that ref the refracted index of water changes as you dissolve salts in it .
22 ‘ Well , I do n't know about that , ’ he replied cautiously , ‘ but it 's certainly a rum old do , Cassie , old thing .
23 That 's certainly a lot better than you have
24 ‘ It 's certainly a major reason why I am . ’
25 There 's certainly a feeling that such labours are ‘ easy ’ , and studies have shown that they are better for the baby — rapid deliveries mean less chance of the baby becoming distressed and therefore involve fewer forceps deliveries and Caesarean sections .
26 ‘ Though it 's certainly a beautiful morning . ’
27 It 's certainly a tall order to win both courts and market battles and we have to recognize that the background is one in which number two scheduled airlines in the U K have not been successful , look at British Caledonian , look at Air Europe , look at Dan Air .
28 There 's certainly a quake or two on Venus .
29 Now I think er it 's clear what 's going on here , there 's er weaving going on , I 'm not quite sure what the material is er but there 's certainly a loom with some kind of er , weaving being demonstrated .
30 Time for reflection ? — Maybe , but it 's certainly a far cry from the hectic personnel department at Key Street .
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