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The phrase "a certain doubt about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing uncertainty or hesitation regarding a specific topic or issue.
Example: "There was a certain doubt about the accuracy of the data presented in the report."
Alternatives: "some uncertainty regarding" or "a degree of skepticism about".
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The American ambassador here, Daniel R. Coats, has taken the unusual step of public criticism of an ally in the midst of an election campaign, saying that Mr. Schröder's position on Iraq risked "isolating Germany from the main course of thinking in the European Union, and said that Germany's failure to support Washington has led to "a certain doubt about the closeness of the relationship".
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A few of the campaign's operatives in the spin room acknowledged certain doubt about the role they play in the political process.
So I am torn between Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which I have certain doubts about as a deal of its magic derives from the skills of its martial arts stunt director, and Steven Soderbergh for Traffic.
SO, when your reviewer haz ards the guess that the hero of "Farewell to the King" repre sents "some kind of return to nature," and even accuses him of having the equivalent of an "Easy Rider mentality," he raises certain doubts about his own competence..
A happy experimental result, I suppose, but one can't suppress certain doubts about it.
Not coincidentally, Adichie opens with a nod to Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, a stream-of-consciousness novel about a middle-aged society wife who accepts her role in life but also nurtures certain doubts about it, and about the choices she made to get there.
But there is, in my view, an 'unacceptable risk' that the jury understood the instructions unambiguously to require that they put to one side certain doubts about the credibility of the testimony they had heard and only then determine whether the evidence supported a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
However, these points also raise certain doubts about the use of charity to argue for strong agreement.
And hidden in Pruitt's statement is a worrisome implication: Before banning toxicants — and even perhaps reducing risks associated with them — there must be highly certain, doubt free, ideal evidence about their effects.
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But while there's been a certain amount of doubt about what the Union can do this year based on that lack of movement, those who've watched them more closely, especially in their revival after Curtin took over, suggest that the Union could be sleepers to watch this year.
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