We found over 1000 examples of how to use certain in an English sentence.
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| 1. | A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. | |
| 2. | There are two types of political correctness which are often conflated and which should be distinguished. There is the political correctness of language, which holds that certain groups should not be referred to by certain words with negative connotations (e.g., ethnic slurs), and there is the political correctness of ideas, which holds that certain ideas should not be discussed. The former is arguably commendable; the latter is harmful. | |
| 3. | So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died. | |
| 4. | It was certain that he saw her there on a certain day. | |
| 5. | When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. | |
| 6. | Death is certain, only the time is not certain. | |
| 7. | As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. | |
| 8. | Another thing which makes preferable moving by foot or by bicycle is the use of a car: nowadays the level of air pollution is very high because of the high number of cars, and, to reduce that level, the municipality has decided to forbid the road traffic on certain days during a certain period; furthermore, there are always traffic jams on Reggio Emilia's roads, so you'll waste lots of time while stuck in a traffic jam. | |
| 9. | Are you certain about this? Absolutely certain? | |
| 10. | In so far as theories of mathematics speak about reality, they are not certain, and in so far as they are certain, they do not speak about reality. | |
| 11. | If I bow before the authority of the specialists and avow my readiness to follow, to a certain extent and as long as may seem to me necessary, their indications and even their directions, it is because their authority is imposed upon me by no one, neither by men nor by God. Otherwise I would repel them with horror, and bid the devil take their counsels, their directions, and their services, certain that they would make me pay, by the loss of my liberty and self-respect, for such scraps of truth, wrapped in a multitude of lies, as they might give me. | |
| 12. | I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore. | |
| 13. | I'm certain of your success. | |
| 14. | Your eyes have a certain magnetism. | |
| 15. | There is certain to be some opposition to your suggestion. | |
| 16. | It is certain that the price of gold will go up. | |
| 17. | It is not fitting for a teacher to overly favor certain pupils over others. | |
| 18. | Please make certain your seat belt is fastened. | |
| 19. | I cannot say for certain that the patient will recover. | |
| 20. | There is one thing that is certain. | |
| 21. | In conversation, one is likely to find out certain things about the other person quite easily. | |
| 22. | We usually met at a certain place in the city. | |
| 23. | We went early to make certain that we could get seats. | |
| 24. | A certain problem may come about. | |
| 25. | I met a certain gentleman at the station. |