The phrase "a certain amount of success" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the level or degree of success achieved in a particular context or endeavor.
Example: "After months of hard work, the project achieved a certain amount of success, leading to further funding opportunities."
Alternatives: "a degree of success" or "some level of success".
They've had a certain amount of success.
"Foams have only had a certain amount of success in absorbing force.
Once you've had a certain amount of success, they want to work with you".
"Individually, we've all achieved a certain amount of success, but I believe that collectively, we're unstoppable," he said.
But, based on the short excerpt from this poem in Esslin's biography, not without interest or even a certain amount of success.
"There has to be a certain amount of success to say certain things," Ventura said today after the Mets' first full-squad workout.
"It's almost the opposite of the Emmys, where you have to have a certain amount of commercial success to attract the attention of the academy members," added Mr. Sorkin, who made the trip to New York to pick up his Peabody.
But there's enough of the tradition of what I do well where it can have a certain amount of commercial success and meet the fans' expectation of me getting better that they enjoy and are excited about.
Just because I've received a certain amount of recognition or success doesn't mean that I all of a sudden drop that because it's still a part of me.
"She had a certain amount of power and success and drive, and then she lost all that," Ms. Delany said in an interview in between tapings in Providence, R.I., which is standing in for Philadelphia.
"I think the Knitting Factory for at least a little while because of its name will generate a certain amount of interest and success," said Alex Cline, a percussionist and curator of a new music series at the Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center on the east side of Los Angeles.
