The phrase "a certain box of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific box that is not named or identified, often to create a sense of mystery or curiosity.
Example: "I found a certain box of old photographs in the attic that brought back many memories."
Alternatives: "a particular box of" or "an unspecified box of".
Given a grid with a certain box size, the number of grid boxes through which the perimeter passes is counted.
That lets them request a certain box at any time, instead of having to take all boxes out of storage and rifle through them looking for just a few items.
Asentewa explains further, "Black filmmakers limit their subject matter because they feel film distributors won't back anything outside of a certain box that the industry see's us in".
He knew that the object of his desire, Marilee, had prepared a certain box.
The bureau's agents go out each month and look for a list of the same products -- a certain weight box of Tide, for example -- and record their prices.
They were as blue as the sides of a certain type of box of matches.
"There is the requirement that we earn a certain amount of box-office income.
Take the blue pill – continue on their current "safety first" path – and they retain the warm comfort blanket of established audiences, guaranteed advance hype and relatively certain box office returns, yet run the risk of Hollywood eventually eating itself.
Or maybe he means to suggest that for certain individuals, a box of cereal itself could act as identification (we're looking at you, Toucan Sam, Tony the Tiger, Cap'n Crunch and that Trix rabbit).
If I go out for the day I don't wear it, because it's only within a certain distance of your box that it works, so uh, no, if I'm going out for the day I don't wear it.
Once Box achieved a certain level of scale, Levie built a development platform on top of Box, another stroke of incredible vision at the time.
