The phrase "a certain ratio" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to indicate a specific or particular proportion or relationship between two things. Example: "To make the perfect chocolate cake, you need a certain ratio of flour to sugar." This means that there is a specific proportion or amount of flour to sugar that is necessary for the cake to turn out perfectly.
Godfathers of the month: When people talk about the Madchester sound most of us think of electropop dance groups like New Order and Happy Mondays, but anyone worth their shit knows that UK's A Certain Ratio was the first band to bring the fuse dance and punk stylee.
Joy Division, New Order, Section 25, the Fall and A Certain Ratio are my favourites.
No disrespect to A Certain Ratio," referring to the beshorted funk band on the label.
Out Hud creates long, rhythmic tracks that evoke the anxious funk of the early-1980's new wave jam band A Certain Ratio.
Last year, Mr. Robertson released "Revtone" (Nuphone), an appealing album that mixes smooth dance grooves with spikier sounds that evoke the new wave group A Certain Ratio.
There's a story that David Byrne decided on Talking Heads' new white funk direction after watching A Certain Ratio support them in Manchester.
But it is hard to think of many who have been as influential as A Certain Ratio and remained almost completely unknown to the general public.
But the basic idea is that to be a tax-free deal in this circumstance, there had to be a certain ratio of cash to stock.
He acknowledged, however, that the terms of the bank loans require the group to meet certain performance requirements, including a certain ratio of profit to debt.
By this measure -- a certain ratio of red, green and blue in the pixel -- the skins of all races look essentially the same.
Some states have laws requiring a certain ratio of nurses to patients in particular health-care sectors, but most do not regulate the issue at all.
