The phrase "a certain amount of play" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific, but not precisely defined, quantity of flexibility or freedom in a situation or context.
Example: "In this project, we have a certain amount of play in the timeline, allowing us to adjust deadlines as needed."
Alternatives: "some flexibility" or "a degree of leeway".
We have a certain amount of plays, kind of scripted.
"There's a certain amount of game-playing involved," Mike Jennings explains.
All you have to do is tweet #Brits and then the name of one of the artists who got a certain amount of YouTube plays to make the nominees list, or something.
Kitai's journey of initiation, subject to a set of rules (each inhaler lasts twenty to twenty-four heurs; hashasixinhalerseach each leg of the journey takes a certain amount of time…), plays out like a live-action video game, and, as the movie progresses, new rules present new challenges, their changing demands even posted on-screen in the protagonists' video arrays.
"But it does take a certain amount of experience playing at this level to be able to adapt.
Student learning outcomes deteriorate after repeated measures, since after spending a certain amount of time playing games, the learning outcome gains start to diminish.
Willoughby, also a poet whose most recent limited edition book, "Le Festival des Murmures," is currently on sale at Hauser & Wirth gallery, cites the work of the 12th-century mystic and composer Hildegard of Bingen as a guiding light on "Fabula". That makes a certain amount of sense: Played in a cathedral, this music would likely generate a bounty of overtones.
A certain amount of acids played an important role in the flavor of rice wine and gradually converted into aromatic esters during storage.
Playing with ten men, Benaud said that Harvey "proceeded, with a certain amount of anger, to play one of the best innings I have seen in Sheffield Shield".
