They also require a certain amount of time, something you might believe you can't afford to invest in networking anymore.
With his breath labored and his arms crossed like a chrysalis, he told the audience that if he did not escape from the straitjacket in a certain amount of time something unfortunate would happen to him.
If a columnist writes that something happened on a certain date, or that the government spent a certain amount of money on something, or that a specific number of people have died in the war in Iraq, to pick a few examples, it is his or her responsibility to make certain that information is correct.
But there's another reason for the public's fascination: "Let's face it, these are fabulously wealthy, gorgeous people and I think there is a certain amount of, 'Oh goody, something bad is happening to them,'" he says of the perverse delight the public takes.
"We're happy to talk respectfully to the independents and the minor parties in the Senate, and obviously a certain amount of horse trading is something that you just accept is part of the business, but what we won't accept is an attempt to completely frustrate the business of government," Abbott said on Sydney radio 2GB.
"We're happy to talk respectfully to the independents and the minor parties in the Senate, and obviously a certain amount of horse trading is something that you just accept is part of the business, but what we won't accept is an attempt to completely frustrate the business of government," Abbott said on 2GB.
This involves a certain amount of self-promotional ability, something that not everyone is comfortable with.
Definition: The dynamic in which players are only given a certain amount of time to do something.
There was a certain amount of pressure to make something of high quality.
I do get a certain amount of pleasure from holding something super rare, but I've never been well heeled enough to countenance keeping many of them.
In exchange for spending a certain amount of your time doing something you don't necessarily want to do, money magically shows up in your bank account every two weeks.
