The phrase "a certain programme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific programme that is not named or when the speaker wants to imply some ambiguity or discretion about the programme in question.
Example: "I have been following a certain programme that focuses on improving my productivity."
Alternatives: "a specific programme" or "a particular programme".
Up to now, television has been a blunt instrument: advertisers have had to assume that everybody watching a certain programme was interested in similar products.
In The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama recalls sitting in the Illinois senate with a white legislator watching a black colleague (whom he refers to as John Doe) explain why eliminating a certain programme was racist.
Therefore, if you can convince the funding organisation that you have valid reasons for being a year or two above the age limit for a certain programme, you may still be considered.
With the additional analytic tools, Twitter was able to improve the firm's offering to advertisers, allowing them to, for instance, only promote a tweet onto the timelines of users who were watching a certain programme.
IN MARCH 2004 the White House asked the Department of Justice to certify the legality of a certain classified programme.
To see this, suppose that, according to Lakatos's theory, a certain research programme in the past became unacceptably degenerate at a certain time.
The study suggests that a tailor-made pedagogy for second-career teachers is needed, along with certain programme features, which take into account the specific needs of this group of students.
The actual numbers on certain programme indicators for the entire study period were not available and we had to rely on reported estimates for this study.
While all elements of reform cannot be in place at the beginning and there is no 'best' order for implementing the various components, the experiences of these eight countries show that certain programme elements -- drugs, legislation and regulation, community participation and staff motivation -- requires particularly close attention.
Age was used as a criterion in certain programmes, in addition to financial means and availability of informal care.
Each would allow an inmate to serve a shorter sentence if he completed certain programmes, such as job training.
