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The phrase "a certain amount of work" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an unspecified quantity of work that needs to be done or has been done.
Example: "Completing this project will require a certain amount of work, but I believe we can manage it within the deadline."
Alternatives: "a specific quantity of work" or "some level of effort".
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"I had to get a certain amount of work done.
'There is still a certain amount of work that a consumer will have to do.
I think a certain amount of work travel is good for people".
Registration is required once a person does a certain amount of work for a client.
They require a certain amount of work on the viewer's part.
Or you can decide that you're going to get a certain amount of work done before you go on Facebook.
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"There is a certain amount of working for free that some people do just to get better, but after a certain point you're being taken advantage of," she says.
The capacity to generate a certain amount of muscle work attains functionally significant dimensions when it can be applied to deliver mechanical work, i.e. to move a given weight over a certain distance.
His official title in the White House was special counsel, and that entailed a certain amount of legal work.
"There's a certain amount of detective work in what we do, as we need to be receptive to everything," he says.
The system of scientific checks and balances — of peer reviewed journals and grant-making — eliminates a certain amount of misbegotten work, but as the Times article shows, it's a fallible process.
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