The phrase "a certain strand of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific aspect or element of a broader topic or idea, often in discussions about theories, beliefs, or trends.
Example: "In the study of philosophy, a certain strand of existentialism emphasizes the importance of individual experience."
Alternatives: "a particular aspect of" or "a specific thread of".
That there was a certain strand of bisexuality in Disraeli seems highly probable.
There is a certain strand of historical fiction of which this is certainly true; it is chick-lit with wimples".
Long-term Daily Telegraph subscribers now recognise a certain strand of inexplicably undervalued Irish pub-rock as "Neil McCormick jazz".
It's a game, a role play, and a smirk at a certain strand of casual neo-balletic misogyny.
"It Didn't Happen Here" might be seen as the culmination of a certain strand of Lipset's half-century career in political science.
A certain strand of structural realism might argue that the anarchic system imposes such powerful constraints on actors that Trump had no choice but to alter his policies.
This is a personal interpretation, but I wonder whether the loss of certain strands of my mother's identity was altogether a terrible thing.
Writers such as Robert Barry have argued that the rough-hewn sloppiness of certain strands of independent music creates a "sense of unfinishedness in the sound of the records that cannot help but draw the listener in, inviting them to fill in the blanks with their own imagination".
Factionalization freed certain strands of hit music to mutate in ways that a single Top 40 could never accommodate.
Thus 1260 – the date of William of Moerbeke's complete Latin translation of the Politics—symbolizes a fundamental turning point in political philosophy, one in which Aristotelian philosophy would be widely deployed within certain strands of thought of the Catholic Church, while also inspiring a wide range of philosophical movements and later becoming the target of others.
His influence on certain strands of hip-hop is indelible.
