Sentence examples for a certain outlay from inspiring English sources

Backbone plants require a certain outlay, but Argyropoulos takes the long-term approach - his impressive cordylines cost just £2.99 from B&Q five years ago - and smaller plants usually do better in the long run.

What I realized sometime in July of 2005 was this: for a certain outlay of capital — the outlay I had in mind was twenty-five or thirty dollars — I could, in Paley fashion, just show up in Nova Scotia in the spring without packing or trying to remember if there were already shirts in the bureau.

A similar requirement in the US and other rich, connected countries, guaranteeing a certain level of outlay for the establishment of remote networks, would produce a very substantial sum of earmarked money.

A certain earnestness.

A certain pattern emerged.

To a certain extent.

— a certain pleasure.

A certain lady.

"To a certain point.

Follow a certain cadence.

A certain "C.F.