The phrase "a certain delicate" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe something that is delicate in a specific or particular way, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "She handled the situation with a certain delicacy that impressed everyone."
Alternatives: "a particular delicacy" or "a specific delicacy".
Those of you of a certain delicate age will identify immediately with the punchline: Crucial records, such as revised and annotated versions of Beloved from 1987, existed solely on 5.25-inch floppy disks.
And the gladiolus species, he says, boast "a certain delicate charm that their garish, funereal relatives have lost". South African bulbs could soon be blossoming on every sunny windowsill.
"There's a certain delicate tension between a clinician taking a technology that's proven for a certain indication and learning by experience that it is useful for patients that exceed those limits," Dr. Tunis said.
Of course, you must do that with a certain delicate touch you may have also realized that on Thursday they were not so happy because they were not called into action.
Certain delicate oils may be obtained by solvent extraction, a process also employed to extract waxes and perfume oil, yielding by removal of the solvent a solid substance called a concrete.
Certain delicate foods, such as fish, are breaded and pre-fried for a short time to bind the breading material.
"On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively," she said.
Others who set up shop included doctors like Dr. Ralph, at 38 Cortlandt Street, who specialized in cures to "certain delicate diseases," like syphilis and gonorrhea, and Madame Restell, at 148 Greenwich Street, who became the nation's most famous abortionist.
Now, keep in mind that his logic was sound (she was naked and had nothing close to her to throw at him) but he hadn't exactly though it all the way through -- certain delicate parts of him were sadly un-protected.
Frank is less of a departure for him than it looks, he says, especially in terms of the tone, which he describes as "a celebration of a certain kind of delicate slapstick, which I think has massive potential to express emotion.
The analog process itself had a certain slow, deliberate — even delicate — quality.
