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The phrase "a certain amount of despair" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a feeling of sadness or hopelessness that is not quantified but is acknowledged to exist.
Example: "After hearing the news, she felt a certain amount of despair about the future."
Alternatives: "a degree of despair" or "some level of despair."
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In doing so, he has avoided the rest of the city, however... Mario Coyula is a third architect whose position is between that of Rodriguez and Leal... Coyula believes that the dangers of overdevelopment are exaggerated but he nonetheless looks at Havana today with a certain amount of despair.
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In doing so, he has avoided the rest of the city, however... Mario Coyula is a third architect whose position is between that of Rodriguez and Leal... Coyula believes that the dangers of overdevelopment are exaggerated but he nonetheless looks at Havana today with a certain amount of despair..
A certain amount of sigh in it.
Both evoked a certain amount of controversy.
But a certain amount of unease remains.
There is a certain amount of selling.
A certain amount of it is automated.
They need a certain amount of freedom.
And a certain amount of crazy".
That makes a certain amount of sense.
Pence makes a certain amount of sense.
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